From policing to passport control: The limitations of photo ID

David James Robertson; Russ Middleton; A. Mike Burton

From policing to passport control: The limitations of photo ID

David James Robertson, Russ Middleton, A. Mike Burton

Psychology

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Abstract

Identity verification at passport control, in policing, and in retail stores is most often achieved by matching an individual’s face to a photographic identity document. Despite this, recent research has shown that unfamiliar face recognition is a difficult task, and one which is highly prone to error. In this article, David Robertson, Russ Middleton and Mike Burton outline evidence which establishes the difficulty faced by professionals in occupations which require accurate face recognition, and suggest new avenues of research which may reduce current levels of human error and have the potential to improve real‐world recognition performance.

Original language	English
Pages	3-8
Volume	46
Specialist publication	Keesing Journal of Documents and Identity
Publisher	Keesing
Publication status	Published - Mar 2015

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