Workshop on Eyewitness Identification Evidence

Held at the Novartis Foundation,41 Portland Place, London on Friday 24th February 2006

Funded by The Nuffield Foundation

Download abstracts of all talks here

Click on a title to download a pdf file of slides or text of the talk. Please note that some images and videos have been removed from the presentations. Some files are large, especiaally talks by Stuart Gibson (c. 5Mb) and Stephen Darling (c. 3Mb). Email contact: t.valentine@gold.ac.uk

Video identification: current practice & research.

Tim Valentine (Goldsmiths College): Current issues in eyewitness identification

Rod Munro (Devon & Cornwall Police) PROMAT and its practical applications

Peter Burton (West Yorkshire Police) VIPER

Stephen Darling (Goldsmiths College) Enhancing the effectiveness of video identification

Aspects of new technology in eyewitness identification.

Josh Davis (Goldsmiths College) Identification from CCTV

Stuart Gibson (University of Kent) Innovations in facial composite systems: Eigen-fit.

Legal and policy aspects of identification evidence.

Paul Bogan (Barrister) Legal aspects of identification evidence

Amanda Bowring (CPS) The CPS's perspective on identification issues

Alan Brown (Home Office) The PACE codes of practice

Discussion led by Amina Memon (University of Aberdeen)