Russian Federation
The article is devoted to topical issues of research of appearance of monozygote twins in portrait identification by digital media. The article considers peculiarities of investigation of anatomical elements and features of appearance of twins, imprinted on digital images, on preliminary, separate, comparative and stage of assessment in the production of forensic portrait examinations. The results of the use of methods of visual comparison, relative values, biological asymmetry and other traditional methods of comparison in comparative research are noted. The relevance of the proposed research topic is determined by the needs of the expert practice of performing forensic portrait examinations, the objects of which are digital images of monozygote twins. The results of the study of the practice of performing portrait examinations on modern digital images of human appearance showed certain difficulties in carrying out such a form of identification. The complexity of this examination lies in the need to take into account all types of factors that affect the change in the appearance of the person. Therefore, some difficulties may arise for experts in the portrait identification of digital images of monozygote twins, as most of their morphological features have a high degree of similarity. To solve the problems identified, the authors of the article based on the study of the literature devoted to these issues, as well as the analysis of the portrait study of digital images of 27 pairs of monozygous twins of male and female offer some methodological and practical recommendations for the study of such objects.
PORTRAIT EXAMINATION, ANATOMICAL ELEMENTS AND FEATURES, DIGITAL IMAGES, MONOZYGOUS TWINS
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