Gromadzenie, pobieranie, przygotowanie materiału porównawczego do badań z zakresu identyfikacji osób i zwłok na podstawie zapisów wizualnych

Abstract

The main aim of this paper is to provide the guidelines for the activities necessary to obtain valuable and fully eligible reference material for the purposes of identification of a person or a dead body based on visual recordings. The paper elaborates on the relation between evidence material and reference (secondary) material. It also proposes a hierarchical categorization of types of reference material. The illustrations present examples of properly prepared reference material (including photographs of a person) containing also evidence material. Moreover, the paper specifies the relevant legal regulations and persons authorized to photograph a person and stages of taking photographs. It also names the factors that affect technical and visual quality of the collected material. The article also provides the guidelines for the collection of neutral (unstaged) reference material, as well as finding the sources that may be referred to in order to obtain access to such material.