Security surveillance systems often produce poor-quality video, and this may be problematic
in gathering forensic evidence. We examined the ability of subjects to identify target people …

Conducted 3 experiments with undergraduates (n= 288) to determine ss' ability to recognize
a previously seen target person in a test series of 150 pictures of faces. The longer the …

Four experiments investigated matching of unfamiliar target faces taken from high-quality
video against arrays of photographs. In Experiment 1, targets were present in 50% of arrays …

People can be inaccurate at matching unfamiliar faces shown in high-quality video images,
even when viewpoint and facial expressions are closely matched. However, identification of …

Recent research has shown that unfamiliar face matching from both high‐and low‐quality
closed circuit television video images to photographs is highly prone to error, even when …

Modern day computer graphics are capable of generating highly photorealistic images
resulting in challenging legal situations. For example, as a result of a 2002 US Supreme …

A large percentage of people recently exonerated by DNA evidence were imprisoned on the
basis of faulty eyewitness identification. Many of these cases involved victims and suspects …

Low‐resolution, pixelated images from closed‐circuit television (CCTV) can be used to
compare the perpetrators of crime with high‐resolution photographs of potential suspects …

College students (521) participated in this research program designed to study the extent to
which memory for faces can be altered. Pilot results indicated that subjects who viewed a …

Anthropometry can be used in certain circumstances to facilitate comparison of a
photograph of a suspect with that of the potential offender from surveillance footage …