Interviewing techniques for Darwinian facial-composite systems

Autor: Frowd, Charlie D, Nelson, Laura, Skelton, Faye Collette, Noyce, Rosie, Atkins, Rebecca, Heard, Priscilla, Morgan, David, Fields, Stephen, Henry, Joanne, McIntyre, Alex H, Hancock, Peter J B
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2012
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ISSN: 0888-4080
1099-0720
Popis: Eyewitnesses are often asked to describe the appearance of an offender’s face, normally as part of a cognitive interview (CI), and then to construct a facial composite of it by selecting hair, eyes, nose, etc. Recent research indicates that facial composites of this type are rendered much-more identifiable when constructors focus on global character (holistic) judgements of the face after having recalled it in detail. Here, we investigated whether components of this so-called 'holistic' CI (H-CI) were applicable to newer 'evolving' (Darwinian) methods of face construction. We found that the face description component of the interview promoted better-quality composites than the holistic component, but the most-identifiable composites emerged when both components were used together in the same interview as an H-CI. Composites were also more identifiable following description of all features of the face than an alternative involving description of hair. Implications are discussed for real-world face-construction using evolving systems.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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