Skull-photo superimposition: The state of the art in Malaysia and its legal significance / Hetty Susilawati Asmuni
The utility of the so-called skull-photo superimposition has been well established in many parts of a country, for example India, Australia, and New Zealand. The admissibility of the technique as an evidence was recognized and accepted in their court of law. Skull-photo superimposition is a techn...
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| description | The utility of the so-called skull-photo superimposition has been well established in many
parts of a country, for example India, Australia, and New Zealand. The admissibility of the
technique as an evidence was recognized and accepted in their court of law. Skull-photo
superimposition is a technique whereby an unknown skull is superimposed or laid on the
photograph of a suspected dead person in an attempt to make identification by appreciating and analyzing the match between the two. Skull-photo superimposition is a supplementary technique and used to establish identification of dead bodies. The present study aimed to investigate the utility of skull-photo superimposition technique in Malaysia and the admissibility of the skull-photo evidence in court. From the research findings, skull-photo superimposition technique was not much progressing in Malaysia.
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| spelling | um-78532017-10-05T06:57:14Z Skull-photo superimposition: The state of the art in Malaysia and its legal significance / Hetty Susilawati Asmuni Hetty Susilawati, Asmuni K Law (General) The utility of the so-called skull-photo superimposition has been well established in many parts of a country, for example India, Australia, and New Zealand. The admissibility of the technique as an evidence was recognized and accepted in their court of law. Skull-photo superimposition is a technique whereby an unknown skull is superimposed or laid on the photograph of a suspected dead person in an attempt to make identification by appreciating and analyzing the match between the two. Skull-photo superimposition is a supplementary technique and used to establish identification of dead bodies. The present study aimed to investigate the utility of skull-photo superimposition technique in Malaysia and the admissibility of the skull-photo evidence in court. From the research findings, skull-photo superimposition technique was not much progressing in Malaysia. 2008 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/7853/1/SKULL%2DPHOTO_SUPERIMPOSITION.pdf Hetty Susilawati, Asmuni (2008) Skull-photo superimposition: The state of the art in Malaysia and its legal significance / Hetty Susilawati Asmuni. Masters thesis, University of Malaya . http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/7853/ |
| spellingShingle | K Law (General) Hetty Susilawati, Asmuni Skull-photo superimposition: The state of the art in Malaysia and its legal significance / Hetty Susilawati Asmuni |
| title | Skull-photo superimposition: The state of the art in Malaysia and its legal significance / Hetty Susilawati Asmuni |
| title_full | Skull-photo superimposition: The state of the art in Malaysia and its legal significance / Hetty Susilawati Asmuni |
| title_fullStr | Skull-photo superimposition: The state of the art in Malaysia and its legal significance / Hetty Susilawati Asmuni |
| title_full_unstemmed | Skull-photo superimposition: The state of the art in Malaysia and its legal significance / Hetty Susilawati Asmuni |
| title_short | Skull-photo superimposition: The state of the art in Malaysia and its legal significance / Hetty Susilawati Asmuni |
| title_sort | skull-photo superimposition: the state of the art in malaysia and its legal significance / hetty susilawati asmuni |
| topic | K Law (General) |
| url | http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/7853/ http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/7853/1/SKULL%2DPHOTO_SUPERIMPOSITION.pdf |