Professional paper
https://doi.org/10.59245/ps.32.3.5
Measurements of Anthropometric Characteristics of Persons from Video Surveillance
Želimir Radmilović
; Zagreb Police College
Nikša Jelovčić
orcid.org/0000-0002-9179-3936
; Department for Library, Publishing, and Police Museum, Police Academy – The First Croatian Police Officer, Zagreb, Croatia
Ivan Gundić
; Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The method of anthropological identification, known as Bertillonage, has been differently valued throughout history, only to be ultimately rejected. Due to scientific and technological limits and surpassing dactyloscopy, Bertillon’s method was rejected and “archived” as a historical landmark, almost at the level of rarities. However, the method could be reaffirmed in current conditions, at least symbolically. Today’s sophisticated security technology tools and public video surveillance (CCTV) as a more widespread feature are opening an opportunity to collect data about the persons and events recorded, not only the identity of those persons but also to determine the course and circumstances of the event. Although there are numerous forensic software tools for automated anthropometric identification, this paper empirically tests the possibility of measuring anthropometric characteristics of masked or unrecognized perpetrators of crimes recorded by security video cameras, taking into account various parameters such as camera height, angle shooting, the angle of the lens axis in relation to the shooting object, the height of the camera, the distance of the object from the lens, and their impact on the final measurement result. This paper introduces a relatively simple and reliable method of securing the so-called undisputed material to ensure a respectable level of measurement precision.
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308837
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Publication date:
13.10.2023.
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