Mug shot
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Mugshot of the well-known outlaw Butch Cassidy. This was taken when he was put in jail in 1894.
A mug shot, or booking photograph, is a photographic portrait taken after someone is arrested.[1][2] The mug shot is taken to allow law enforcement to have a photographic record of the arrested person to allow for identification by victims and investigators. Most mug shots are two-part, with one side-view photo, and one front-view.
Mug Shot Media
Police mugshot of Patty Hearst taken at the San Mateo County Jail, September 18, 1975
Self-portrait mug shot of Alphonse Bertillon, who developed and standardized this type of photograph, 22 August 1900
FBI wanted poster with a mug shot of Alcatraz escapee John Anglin
Camera used for taking mug shots at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, California, US
References
- ↑ Michael H. Graham (2003). Handbook of Illinois Evidence. Aspen Publishers. p. 147. ISBN 978-0735544994.
- ↑ "Mugshots.com - About". Mugshots.com. Archived from the original on 2012-05-08. Retrieved 2012-07-01.
