A person has many external signs, but all of them can be attributed to two large groups. Thanks to these groups of characteristics, a verbal portrait of any person is created, a description of appearance helps in personality identification.
Feature groups
The first group is anatomical. It is with its help that you can convey the anatomical structure of a person, any features of his appearance, these signs make it possible to determine the gender, set the range of age and height, and show what kind of physique a person has. Anthropological signs of a person are also described by this group, and these are features of appearance, racial characteristics, approximate nationality, what kind of person a person has, the elements on it, what is the structure of the body, the proportions of arms and legs in relation to the body, the shape of the head, hairstyle, and other features of appearance.
The second group of features is dynamic. With the help of this group, the features of human movements are described, most of them are based on processes that can be called conditioned reflex. They characterize the features of gestures, gait, head movements and other body movements that a person practically does not control with the help of willpower. A person has many unconscious movements and postures, these are facial expressions and posture, as well as gait. For example, it is almost impossible for a lame person to control the evenness and uniformity of his gait; due to his physical peculiarity, he will crouch or drag on one leg.
Why is a verbal portrait created?
In forensic science, a person's appearance is described in special terms, a verbal portrait is created. A person can arbitrarily slightly change his gait, follow gestures, but he is not able to change the functionality of the body as a whole. All body movements are very stable, at the same time they are unique. The created verbal portrait helps to identify not only living people, but also corpses.
There are several ways to identify a person by a verbal portrait: present a suspect for identification, compare the description of his appearance and a photo portrait. Forensic experts try to convey as accurately as possible all the nuances of a person's appearance in the description, since initially no one knows exactly which signs will play a decisive role in the search.
The description begins with general features, then smaller ones are mentioned. The gender comes first, then the approximate age, and only then the whole figure is outlined, then the head, shoulders, neck, chest, face, special signs. They are especially valuable, since it is almost impossible to get rid of tattoos, scars, lameness, and tics. Even plastic surgery does not help, since it does not affect the basic biometric parameters, the shape of the skull was, it will be.
