Matt WillemsenJun 7, 2024
Scientists are fixing flawed forensics that can lead to wrongful convictions
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/investigating-crime-science-forensics #US #crime #forensics #PoliceLineups #fingerprinting #trace DNA #JunkScience
Scientists are fixing flawed forensics that can lead to wrongful convictions

People have been wrongly jailed for forensic failures. Scientists are working to improve police lineups, fingerprinting and even DNA analysis.

Science News
Dr Camilla ElphickNov 15, 2022

I used to be a portrait artist & am interested in faces & eyewitness identification

I have explored whether pupillometry can measure memory strength for a culprit's face (it can) & whether websleuthing affects eyewitness performance in a police lineup (it can)

#pupillometry articles: https://theconversation.com/pupil-changes-linked-to-eyewitness-memory-strength-in-police-lineups-124203

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1068316X.2019.1634196?journalCode=gpcl20

#websleuthing article: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.640513/full

#EyewitnessIdentification #PoliceLineups #websleuthing #FaceRecognition #WrongfulConviction #CognitivePsychology

Pupil changes linked to eyewitness memory strength in police lineups

Initial research found witness pupils got bigger when correctly identifying a criminal.

The Conversation