You may have read about criminal cases where innocent people have been wrongly convicted of a crime. Sometimes, modern DNA analysis techniques have provided the evidence to exonerate these innocent people. In many cases, mistaken identification by eyewitnesses provided strong evidence for the original conviction. How can prosecutors and defense attorneys make sure that photo lineup procedures used to identify criminal suspects are unbiased? This project shows you how to conduct an objective test for bias in a simulated photo lineup.

Concepts

human behavior, memory

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Additional Tags

photo line up, science fair project, science buddies, science project, forensic science

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)