What is Mug shot?
A '''mug shot''', or '''booking photograph''', is a [[photograph]]ic [[portrait]] taken after someone is [[arrest]]ed.<ref>{{cite book|pages=147|title=Handbook of Illinois Evidence|author=Michael H. Graham|isbn=978-0735544994|publisher=[[Aspen Publishers]]|year=2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://mugshots.com/about.html|title=Mugshots.com - About|publisher=Mugshots.com|accessdate=2012-07-01|archive-date=2012-05-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120508182316/http://mugshots.com/about.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The mug shot is taken to allow [[law]] [[enforcement]] to have a photographic record of the arrested [[human|person]] to allow for [[:wikt:identification|identification]] by [[victim]]s and [[investigator]]s. Most mug shots are two-part, with one side-view photo, and one front-view. {{multiple image | align = left | total_width = 500 | image1 = Butch Cassidy mugshot detail.jpg | image2 = Lewis Exh1-20-533.jpg | image3 = Jack Ruby 1963 Mugshot Extracted.jpg | footer = Left: Mugshot of the well-known outlaw [[Butch Cassidy]]. This was taken when he was put in jail in 1894; Center:Lee Harvey Oswald mugshot; Right:Jack Ruby mugshot after his arrest }} == References == {{commonscat|Mug shots}} {{reflist}} {{stub}} [[Category:Photographs]] [[Category:Law enforcement techniques]]