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Pike, Graham E.; Brace, Nicola A.; Turner, Jim and Vredeveldt, Annelies
(2019).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0093854818811376
Abstract
Previous research has produced equivocal results with regard to whether facial composite creation affects subsequent eyewitness identification accuracy, but the most widely publicized view is that creating a composite impairs the ability to later recognize the perpetrator from a line-up. In our first experiment, we examined this effect using several ecologically valid elements including a live staged crime, trained police officers, and a long delay between construction and identification, albeit with only a short delay between crime and composite construction. Composite construction did not significantly affect line-up identification accuracy. Experiment 2 replicated this result using a laboratory-based design and sequential line-up task, eliminating the possibly confounding effect of differential levels of motivation and relative judgments. Taken together, the experiments suggest composite creation may not negatively impact subsequent line-up accuracy, regardless of whether an ecologically valid method or more standard laboratory testing was used.
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- Item ORO ID
- 57128
- Item Type
- Journal Item
- ISSN
- 0093-8548
- Keywords
- criminal justice system; decision-making; memory; police; psychology
- Academic Unit or School
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Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Psychology and Counselling > Psychology
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Psychology and Counselling
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) - Research Group
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Centre for Policing Research and Learning (CPRL)
Harm and Evidence Research Collaborative (HERC)
Forensic Cognition Research Group (FCRG) - Copyright Holders
- © 2018 International Association for Correctional and Forensic Psychology
- Depositing User
- Graham Pike