RELATIONSHIP AND POSSIBILITY OF INTEGRAL ASSESSMENT OF THE APPEARANCE OF THE OCCIPITAL REGION OF THE HEAD OF MEN OF MILITARY AGE

We consider the relationship between the features of a "verbal portrait" that characterize the occipital region of the head. Traditionally, feature complexes do not take into account the relationship of features, which leads to duplication of information (in the case of a strong relationship) and the appearance of "information noise". It is proposed to study the relationship of features and recommend for practical use only those that have a weak or medium strength relationship, which optimizes the method. The study material was photographs of 200 young men of the Caucasian (158) and Mongoloid (42) races aged 18 to 25 years, produced from the back of the head. All the surveyed persons were relatively healthy. Research methods: survey, description, measurement; descriptive statistics, correlation analysis; analysis, comparison, synthesis, deduction; photographic; "verbal portrait" in the original modification (24 stable, unambiguously interpreted signs were recognized). A detailed description of the strength and nature of the relationship between the studied appearance features is given. It was found that the vast majority of the studied appearance features have a weak (19) or medium strength (4) correlation relationship (p < 0.05), which determines the possibility of a cumulative assessment of their identification significance. The obtained data are of value for the theory and practice of forensic identification of an individual based on an unidentified corpse. In addition, they can be used in the forensic practice of establishing the identity of the offender from the data from CCTV cameras.

occipital region, an identification value, the identification of the person, an unidentified corpse, race, physical description, characteristics of the individual, the age of conscription