Evaluating earwitness identification procedures: adapting pre-parade instructions and parade procedure

dc.cclicenceCC BYen
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Harriet
dc.contributor.authorRoeser, Jens
dc.contributor.authorPautz, Nikolas
dc.contributor.authorDavis, Josh P
dc.contributor.authorRobson, Jeremy
dc.contributor.authorWright, David
dc.contributor.authorBraber, Natalie
dc.contributor.authorStacey, Paula C.
dc.date.acceptance2022-09-21
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-09T11:20:46Z
dc.date.available2022-11-09T11:20:46Z
dc.date.issued2022-10-06
dc.descriptionopen access articleen
dc.description.abstractVoice identification parades can be unreliable, as earwitness responses are error-prone. In this paper we tested performance across serial and sequential procedures, and varied pre-parade instructions, with the aim of reducing errors. The participants heard a target voice and later attempted to identify it from a parade. In Experiment 1 they were either warned that the target may or may not be present (standard warning) or encouraged to consider responding “not present” because of the associated risk of a wrongful conviction (strong warning). Strong warnings prompted a conservative criterion shift, with participants less likely to make a positive identification regardless of whether the target was present. In contrast to previous findings, we found no statistically reliable difference in accuracy between serial and sequential parades. Experiment 2 ruled out a potential confound in Experiment 1. Taken together, our results suggest that adapting pre-parade instructions provides a simple way of reducing the risk of false identificationsen
dc.funderNo external funderen
dc.identifier.citationSmith, Harriet M. J., Roeser, J., Pautz, N., Davis, J.P., Robson, J., Wright, D., Braber, N. and Stacey, P.C. (2022) Evaluating earwitness identification procedures: adapting pre-parade instructions and parade procedure. Memory,en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2022.2129065
dc.identifier.issn1464-0686
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2086/22293
dc.language.isoenen
dc.peerreviewedYesen
dc.publisherTaylor and Francisen
dc.researchinstituteCentre for Law, Justice and Societyen
dc.subjectIdentification evidenceen
dc.subjectPolice procedureen
dc.subjectVoice identificationen
dc.titleEvaluating earwitness identification procedures: adapting pre-parade instructions and parade procedureen
dc.typeArticleen

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