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rule-out procedure  

Definition

  • A simultaneous lineup procedure in which the eyewitness makes an identification decision and rates his or her confidence in that decision. The lineup is then presented a second time and the eyewitness is asked to rate how confident he or she is that each person not initially identified is not the perpetrator (Ayala et al., 2022).

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Ayala, N. T., Smith, A. M., & Ying, R. C. (2022). The rule-out procedure: Increasing the potential for police investigators to detect suspect innocence from eyewitness lineup procedures. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 11(4), 489–499. https://doi.org/10.1037/mac0000018

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]

  • • Smith, A. M., Ayala, N. T., & Ying, R. C. (2023). The rule out procedure: A signal-detection-informed approach to the collection of eyewitness identification evidence. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 29(1), 19–31. https://doi.org/10.1037/law0000373

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

Dataset citation(s)

  • • Ayala, N. T., Smith, A., & Ying, R. C. (2022, September 27). The “Rule Out” Lineup: Increasing the Capacity for Police Investigators to Detect Suspect Innocence. https://osf.io/ksrp3

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