Creating perceptual experts in Australia's policing and security agencies (2019-2024)
Abstract
This project aims to create the next generation of perceptual experts in Australia¿s policing and national security agencies by improving crime scene evidence interpretation. Our agencies are under pressure to develop more rigorous training practices that go beyond mere intuition and tradition. This Project expects to turn novices into experts more quickly using a novel approach that directs learning toward the most diagnostic perceptual cues. Expected outcomes include a solid empirical basis for national training programs designed to create experts that are accurate, reliable, and continuously improving. This multi-agency collaboration should lead to more reliable courtroom convictions and help to prevent miscarriages of justice.
