..., may be a stronger predictor of composite recognisability. Accordingly, practitioners should avoid assuming that limited verbal detail reflects poor facial recall. Instead, they should acknowledge that witnesses capable of compact yet accurate visual encoding may produce highly effective composites...

...Kevin Smith; Becky Milne Purpose High-profile critical incidents involving multiple witnesses, particularly terrorist attacks, have increased over the years. The purpose of this paper is to describe the components of a witness interview strategy for this type of investigation. Central...

...Charlie Frowd; Gemma Hepton The police often ask witnesses and victims to construct a facial composite of people they have seen committing a crime. Research has suggested, however, that these images are of poor quality due to memory decay, the face construction method used and the presence...