Research Grant
[Cite as http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP150101905]Researchers: Dr Nathan Weber (Chief Investigator) , Prof Neil Brewer (Chief Investigator) , Prof Gary Wells (Partner Investigator)
Brief description Who should join the suspect in a police photo array? The traditional police line-up often produces inaccurate decisions, with witnesses failing to pick the culprit or picking an innocent suspect. Surprisingly, despite all the scientific advances with respect to the collection of eyewitness evidence, there is absolutely no objective basis for selecting the ‘fillers’ to accompany the suspect in the line-up. Guidelines merely suggest the fillers should not be too similar or too dissimilar to the suspect. However, the fillers are likely to have a crucial influence on decision accuracy. This project aims to remedy this striking deficiency by developing and testing a flexible and universally applicable methodology for photo array composition that will optimise judgmental discriminability and curtail bias.
Funding Amount $558,700
Funding Scheme Discovery Projects
- ARC : DP150101905
- PURL : http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP150101905
