— updated april 12, 2021.

— these vintage mugshots allow us to see both the horror and humanity in the faces of criminals from the 19th and early 20th centuries.

— one of first tasks they gave me other than minding the telephones and radios, was to sort out a very large pile of mug shots laying in two heaps without rhyme or reason, in a couple of large file cabinet drawers.

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Scientists even studied mug shots to see if physical traits could predict criminal behavior.

— called “mug shots” (after the british slang word “mug” meaning “face”) these images replaced drawings and descriptions on wanted posters.

From a woman who sliced off her husband's penis to a serial killer who gleefully confessed to murdering 21 people, these vintage mugshots are just as unsettling as they are compelling.

North shields police station, uk.

— watching donald trump's recent fulton county mugshot become one of the most circulated photographs of all time raises the question:

The lost art of mug shots 50 fascinating examples from the annals of crime.

Dolding focused on the 20s.

These mug shots ranged from the.

Why are so many of us fascinated by mugshots?

— oj simpson’s mugshot after his arrest for double homicide of nicole brown and ron goldman was infamously darkened for the cover of time magazine.

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June 9, 1902tyne & wear archives & museums/flickr.

— from kurt cobain to martin luther king jr. , see some of history's most famous mugshots and learn why these iconic figures were arrested in the first place.