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Creating Blind Photoarrays Using Virtual Human Technology

A Feasibility Test

Brian L. Cutler

University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa, Canada

Brent Daugherty

University of North Carolina at Charlotte, brentd49{at}gmail.com

Sabarish Babu

University of Iowa, Iowa City

Larry Hodges

Clemson University, South Carolina

Lori Van Wallendael

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

This article examined the feasibility of a computer-based program that alleviates the human resource challenge associated with blind photoarrays (photoarrays in which the investigator is blind to the suspect’s identity). Students watched videotaped crimes and attempted to identify the perpetrators from photoarays conducted by a "virtual officer" who responds to simple voice commands or by research assistants playing the role of investigators. The student investigators and virtual officer produced comparable identification performance and student reactions to the photoarray procedures. Results of this evaluation study are encouraging, and the authors recommend further laboratory and field testing of the virtual officer technology for conducting blind lineups.

Key Words: eyewitness identification • lineup • photoarray • virtual reality

Police Quarterly, Vol. 12, No. 3, 289-300 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1098611109339892
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