The impact of weapons and unusual objects on the construction of facial composites
Authors: Erickson, W.B., Portch, E. et al.
Journal: Psychology, Crime and Law
Volume: 30
Issue: 3
Pages: 207-228
eISSN: 1477-2744
ISSN: 1068-316X
DOI: 10.1080/1068316X.2022.2079643
Abstract:The presence of a weapon in the perpetration of a crime can impede an observer’s ability to describe and/or recognise the person responsible. In the current experiment, we explore whether weapons when present at encoding of a target identity interfere with the construction of a facial composite. Participants encoded an unfamiliar target face seen either on its own or paired with a knife. Encoding duration (10 or 30 s) was also manipulated. The following day, participants recalled the face and constructed a composite of it using a holistic system (EvoFIT). Correct naming of the participants’ composites was found to reduce reliably when target faces were paired with the weapon at 10 s but not at 30 s. These data suggest that the presence of a weapon reduces the effectiveness of facial composites following a short encoding duration. Implications for theory and police practice are discussed.
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/37085/
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The impact of weapons and unusual objects on the construction of facial composites
Authors: Erickson, W.B., Portch, E. et al.
Journal: PSYCHOLOGY CRIME & LAW
Volume: 30
Issue: 3
Pages: 207-228
eISSN: 1477-2744
ISSN: 1068-316X
DOI: 10.1080/1068316X.2022.2079643
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/37085/
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The impact of weapons and unusual objects on the construction of facial composites
Authors: Blake Erickson, W., Portch, E. et al.
Journal: Psychology, Crime and Law
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISSN: 1068-316X
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/37085/
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The impact of weapons and unusual objects on the construction of facial composites
Authors: Blake Erickson, W., Portch, E. et al.
Journal: Psychology, Crime and Law
Volume: 30
Issue: 3
Pages: 207-228
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISSN: 1068-316X
Abstract:The presence of a weapon in the perpetration of a crime can impede an observer’s ability to describe and/or recognise the person responsible. In the current experiment, we explore whether weapons when present at encoding of a target identity interfere with the construction of a facial composite. Participants encoded an unfamiliar target face seen either on its own or paired with a knife. Encoding duration (10 or 30 s) was also manipulated. The following day, participants recalled the face and constructed a composite of it using a holistic system (EvoFIT). Correct naming of the participants’ composites was found to reduce reliably when target faces were paired with the weapon at 10 s but not at 30 s. These data suggest that the presence of a weapon reduces the effectiveness of facial composites following a short encoding duration. Implications for theory and police practice are discussed.
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/37085/
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