Voice parades: research on how voice identification can be improved

Peter Goodwin, Dr Harriet Smith, Dr Jeremy Robson and Dr Kirsty McDougall discuss detailed research involving mock-voice parade experiments.

There are some crimes in which a witness does not see the perpetrator, but they might hear them. For example, in crimes like murder or robbery, a perpetrator may be masked or unseen. Those who hear the perpetrator’s voice are called...