Brace, Nicola; Pike, Graham; Kemp, Richard; Turner, Jim and Bennett, Peter
(2006).
| DOI (Digital Object Identifier) Link: | http://doi.org/10.1002/acp.1181 |
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Abstract
Previous research that has evaluated the accuracy of facial composites has reported low identification rates. Two studies are reported here that consider whether showing more than one composite of the same suspect might improve the rate of identification. Sixteen participant-witnesses saw one of two staged events, each involving a different unfamiliar target. Each participant-witness worked with a police operator to construct a composite of the target they had seen. One, four or eight composites depicting the same target were then shown to individuals familiar with the target. Overall, the results showed that presenting more than one composite increased the rate of identification. In addition, the results of Study 2 suggest that if the police must select just one composite from a number produced by witnesses, then a promising method might be to choose the one which bears most similarity to the other composites in the set.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Copyright Holders: | 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd |
| ISSN: | 1099-0720 |
| Academic Unit/Department: | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Psychology Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) |
| Interdisciplinary Research Centre: | Harm and Evidence Research Collaborative (HERC) International Centre for Comparative Criminological Research (ICCCR) |
| Item ID: | 4347 |
| Depositing User: | Users 13 not found. |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Jul 2006 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Aug 2016 12:58 |
| URI: | http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/4347 |
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