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Mitchell, Gregory; Garrett, Brandon L. – Applied Cognitive Psychology, 2021
The present study examined whether a defense rebuttal expert can effectively educate jurors on the risk that the prosecution's fingerprint expert made an error. Using a sample of 1716 jury-eligible adults, we examined the impact of three types of rebuttal testimony in a mock trial: (a) a methodological rebuttal explaining the general risk of error…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Evidence, Specialists, Risk
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Robertson, David J.; Black, Jennifer; Chamberlain, Bethany; Megreya, Ahmed M.; Davis, Josh P. – Applied Cognitive Psychology, 2020
The accurate identification of an unfamiliar individual from a face photo is a critical factor in several applied situations (e.g., border control). Despite this, matching faces to photographic ID is highly prone to error. In lieu of effective training measures, which could reduce face matching errors, the selection of…
Descriptors: Accuracy, Identification, Photography, Human Body