ABSTRACT
Since this early time, research into facial reproduction vindicated Krogman’s belief in the usefulness of the method. When Clyde Snow and colleagues (1970) published a reevaluation, they stated that 80% of their reproductions elicited information that lead to a positive identification. Although this percentage is considered to be too high, most workers still report that approximately 50% of their likenesses produce favorable results. Thus, forensic anthropologists are almost unanimous in believing that the technique is useful in jogging the memory of friends or relatives, thus leading them to contact law enforcement officials about a missing person. However, the method has its limitations. Although some workers feel that it can go beyond simple jogging of memory into providing a positive identification, Rhine (1984) voices the majority opinion when he states that facial reproduction can never by itself establish a positive identification.
