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Evaluating the utility of facial identification information: Accuracy versus precision
South African Journal of Science, 2023 Facial identification evidence obtained from eyewitnesses, such as person descriptions and facial composites, plays a fundamental role in criminal investigations and is regularly regarded as valuable evidence for apprehending and prosecuting ...
Kyra Scott, Colin Tredoux, Alicia Nortje
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Revista Brasileira de Direito Processual Penal, 2020 The present article addresses aspects of eyewitness identification in Brazil and the United States, as well as some of the factors that imply the fallibility of testimony.
Marina Trindade Magalhães
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PLoS ONE, 2023 Empirical investigations into eyewitness identification accuracy typically necessitate the creation of novel stimulus materials, which can be a challenging and time-consuming task.
Ulrike Kruse, Stefan R Schweinberger
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Choosing lineup order vs knowing which lineup corresponds to which suspect: accuracy implications in multiple perpetrator identification [PDF]
Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences, 2021 Although many crimes involve multiple perpetrators, most eyewitness studies examine identification accuracy within the context of a single perpetrator.
Kristjan Kask
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An Examination of the Causes and Solutions to Eyewitness Error
Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2014 Eyewitness error is one of the leading causes of wrongful convictions. In fact, the American Psychological Association estimates that one in three eyewitnesses make an erroneous identification.
Richard Allen Wise +3 more
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Developmental improvement and age-related decline in unfamiliar face matching [PDF]
, 2015 Age-related changes have been documented widely in studies of face recognition and eyewitness identification. However, it is not clear whether these changes arise from general developmental differences in memory or occur specifically during the ...
Bindemann, Markus, Megreya, Ahmed M.
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Improving face identification of mask-wearing individuals
Cognitive Research, 2022 Research has consistently shown that concealing facial features can hinder subsequent identification. The widespread adoption of face masks due to the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the critical and urgent need to discover techniques to improve ...
Krista D. Manley +2 more
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Judicial Understanding of the Reliability of Eyewitness Evidence: A Tale of Two Cases
Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, 2016 One of the most significant consequences of the use of post-conviction DNA testing in the criminal justice system has been the growing recognition that eyewitness identification testimony is simply not as reliable as it was previously considered to be ...
Lirieka Meintjes-van der Walt
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The face recall and face recognition: Description accuracy does not indicate eyewitness identification accuracy [PDF]
NBP: Nauka, bezbednost, policijaEyewitness testimonies are frequently considered crucial in criminal investigations. The impact of the initial description provided by an eyewitness on subsequent identification accuracy remains an understudied area.
Fazlić Adnan, Deljkić Irma
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The effects of lineup size on the processes underlying eyewitness decisions
Scientific Reports, 2023 Here we apply the two-high threshold eyewitness identification model to identify the effects of lineup size on the detection-based and non-detection-based processes underlying eyewitness decisions.
Nicola Marie Menne +3 more
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