Making A Case - interviewing witnesses

Davies - E Fit

• compare the effectiveness of e fit with photo fit in recreating faces to recognise
• 24 paritcipants shown either 4 familiar or 4 unfamiliar faces
• asked to recreate two of the seen faces, one using photo fit and the other using e fit
• participant got to recreate each face twice - once from memory and then again with the face seen
• accuracy of faces assessed by independent judges ratings on familiarity and matching the accuracy
• e fit seen to be more accurate than photo fit only when familiar face wa constructed with the photo seen
• when participants worked from memory, e fit was no better than photo fit

Loftus - factors affecting accurate identification

• provide support for weapon focus as a factor effecting accurate identification from…