A field of forensics, which is continuing to develop and carve out it's niche in Policing is Facial Reconstruction. If you are working to research this topic, here are some great starting points for your research:
- History of Facial Reconstruction
- Usefulness of Facial Reconstruction
- Facial Reconstruction & Missing Persons

Evison, Martin & Iwamura, Edna & Guimarães, Marco & Schofield, Damian. (2016). Forensic Facial Reconstruction and Its Contribution to Identification in Missing Person Cases. 10.1007/978-3-319-40199-7_28.