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A group of psychologists has argued that police line-up procedures don’t help us identif y suspects effectively. They say their new interactive technology could improve the chances of witnesses picking out the right person.
Rather than having witnesses choose from photographs of potential suspects, the new tech, developed by researchers at the University of Birmingham, allows witnesses to ‘click and drag’ images of potential suspects’ faces. Doing so allows them to pull a suspect’s face to the same angle as when the witness encountered them.