Date of Award

1-1-2008

Thesis Type

masters

Document Type

Thesis

Divisions

law

Department

Faculty of Law

Institution

University of Malaya

Abstract

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.

Note

Thesis (M.A)- Faculty of Law, University of Malaya, 2008.

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