Investigating the emergence of expertise in forensic face matching over time [Ref 1.31]
Academic team: Dr Reuben Moreton, Professor Graham Pike, Dr Ailsa Strathie, Dr Catriona Havard
Policing partners: Metropolitan Police Service
Status: Complete
Forensic face-matching examiners provide vital identification evidence in criminal investigations. Research has shown that examiners possess expertise in face-matching, but the expertise and how it develops is poorly understood.
This project aims to investigate potential benefits from face-matching processes used by expert examiners and approaches to collaborative decision making by multiple examiners to improve performance.
Outputs
| Title | Outputs type | Lead academic | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collaborative decision making and experience in forensic facial comparison | Poster | Moreton, R | 2022 |
| Expertise in forensic face matching | Presentation | Moreton, R | 2022 |
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