Creating a Cross-Race Effect Inventory to Postdict Eyewitness Accuracy

What is it about?

We explored how people recognize faces from different races and developed items for a practical tool, the Cross-Race Effect Inventory (CRE-I), which could be used to measure this ability after future validation. The CRE-I incorporates theory-driven, user-friendly scales that enhance our understanding of individual differences influencing race-based differences in face recognition. The development of items for the CRE-I is a first step towards providing a valuable tool to the criminal justice system. Once validated, the CRE-I could aid in assessing an eyewitness's reliability, particularly in cases involving interracial crimes, and help prevent miscarriages of justice arising from misidentifications.

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