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Measuring lineup fairness
Author(s) -
Malpass Roy S.,
Lindsay R. C. L.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
applied cognitive psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.719
H-Index - 100
eISSN - 1099-0720
pISSN - 0888-4080
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-0720(199911)13:1+<s1::aid-acp678>3.0.co;2-9
Subject(s) - psychology , social psychology
The fairness of lineups and photospreads is a traditional concern of research and policy development in the area of eyewitness identification. Quantification of fairness, the construction of fairness indices, and the development of evaluation procedures started in the 1970s and continues to this day. This paper reviews the historical development of the field as an introduction to the articles that follow. The entire set of articles addresses current questions and raises new issues of measuring the fairness of identification procedures. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.