Identification Methods
Richard Card · Oxford University Press eBooks · 2022
This chapter discusses identification by witnesses who have seen a crime committed by a person that may feature in a video identification or identification parade. It cites Code D of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act (PACE) 1984, which is concerned with methods of identification, the keeping of records, and the taking of photographs of arrested people. It also looks at general principles that apply to all methods by which identification can be made. The chapter describes persons other than police officers that may be allowed to carry out procedures or tasks at the police station if the law allows. The chapter reviews the materials in Code D, which includes the identification of a suspect by an eyewitness. It covers recognition by controlled and uncontrolled showing of films, photographs, and other images.