Mug book

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A mug book is a collection of photographs of criminals, typically in mug shots taken at the time of an arrest. A mug book is used by an eyewitness to a crime, with the assistance of law enforcement, in an effort to identify the perpetrator. [1] [2]

Mug book also has a meaning in genealogy and history, referring to local biographical histories published in the US in the late 19th century.[3] [4][5]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Thetford, Robert T., Mug Shots, Mug Books, and Photo Spreads, Institute for Criminal Justice Education, Inc (ICJE)
  2. ^ NIJ training manual on the use of mug books and composites with eyewitnesses
  3. ^ Frevert, Rhonda, Tales From The Vault: Mug Books, Common Place Vol. 3 No. 1 (October 2002)
  4. ^ Collected Biography, Ancestry Magazine Vol. 13 No. 4 (July/August 1995)
  5. ^ Conzen, Michael P., "Local Migration Systems in Nineteenth-Century Iowa", Geographical Review, Vol. 64 No. 3 (July 1974), p. 341