Charles Manson's mugshot.

A mug shot (mugshot or head shot) is a photographic portrait taken immediately after one is arrested. Most mug shots are two-part, with one side-view photo, and one front-view. Image File history File links Original mugshot; government owned File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Original mugshot; government owned File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Charles Manson Charles Milles Manson (born November 12, 1934) was convicted of murder in what became known as the Tate-La Bianca case, named after Sharon Tate and Leno and Rosemary LaBianca —victims in two separate mass murders carried out by Mansons followers. ... A photograph (often just called a photo) is an image (or a representation of that on e. ... Roman-Egyptian funeral portrait of a young boy A portrait is a painting, photograph, or other artistic representation of a person. ... The Chicago Police Department arrests a man An arrest is the action of police or other authority, or even in some circumstances a private civilian, to apprehend and take under guard a person who is suspected of committing a crime. ...

Commonly, the accused is asked to hold a card with their name, the date, and other information on it. The purpose of the mug shot is to allow law enforcement to have a photographic record of all arrested individuals to allow for identification by victims and other investigations. For the band, see The Police. ...

The term derives from mug, an English slang term for face, dating from the 18th Century. Another source suggests the term comes from mug, as in grimace, because early subjects would try to reduce their mugshot's value for later identification by grimacing or otherwise twisting their facial muscles (mugging). The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Slang is the non-standard use of words in a language of a particular social group, and sometimes the creation of new words or importation of words from another language. ... This article may be too technical for most readers to understand. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ...

The phrase has also come to refer to any small picture of a face used for any reason. This article may be too technical for most readers to understand. ...

See Also

• List of mugshots collected by The Smoking Gun (current and historical celebrity mugshots).

The following is a list of mugshots collected by The Smoking Gun as of May 2005. ... Celebrity is an abstract word stemming from the Latin celebritas, itself from the adjective celeber famous, celebrated. A celebrity is a person who is widely recognized in a society. ...

External Links

• Celebrity Arrests: How the Mighty Have Fallen (Celebrity Arrests and Mugshots)
• Celebrity Mugshots - Mugshots of celebrities in less than flattering situations