HALF an hour after being mugged, the victim is again staring her attacker in the face. But the assailant has not returned. What the victim is looking at is an image on a police laptop running software that can “evolve” a realistic likeness within minutes, while her memory is still fresh.
This novel photofit system was unveiled in London last week at a conference on crime-fighting technology. The computerised photofit systems police now use store hundreds of variations of facial features, such as eyes, noses and chins, in a database. A police officer interviews the witness and attempts to piece…
