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Digital photography used to combat domestic violence

Salon.com has an interesting article on how digital photography is used by police departments to document cases of domestic violence. Interestingly, even humble 1 megapixel cameras can show details like bruises that eluded the Polaroids the police used before.

Update (2002-09-02): An article in the New York Times (free registration required) on the same subject.