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ArticleScientific reports2025

Delays reduce culprit-presence detection but do not affect guessing-based selection in response to lineups.

Amelie Therre, Raoul Bell, Nicola Marie Menne, Carolin Mayer, Ulla Lichtenhagen, Axel Buchner

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Amelie TherreDepartment of Experimental Psychology, Heinrich Heine University, Universitätsstraße 1, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany. Amelie.Therre@hhu.de.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0002-2345-0218
Raoul BellDepartment of Experimental Psychology, Heinrich Heine University, Universitätsstraße 1, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0592-0362
Nicola Marie MenneDepartment of Experimental Psychology, Heinrich Heine University, Universitätsstraße 1, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9421-8286
Carolin MayerDepartment of Experimental Psychology, Heinrich Heine University, Universitätsstraße 1, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0003-5278-4361
Ulla LichtenhagenDepartment of Experimental Psychology, Heinrich Heine University, Universitätsstraße 1, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0001-8243-4632
Axel BuchnerDepartment of Experimental Psychology, Heinrich Heine University, Universitätsstraße 1, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4529-3444

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Abstract

Police lineups are conducted with varying delays between the crime and the lineup. Crime-to-lineup delays may adversely affect the detection of the presence and absence of the culprit in the lineup and may potentially affect guessing-based selection. In the present study we examined how these processes change across four crime-to-lineup delays. Participants viewed a staged-crime video and then completed simultaneous photo lineups after no delay or after a delay of one day, one week or one month. The results showed a significant decline in the probability of culprit-presence detection. The form of the decline is best described by a power function with the most rapid decline occurring at short crime-to-lineup delays. Eyewitnesses did not compensate the decline in culprit-presence detection by increasing guessing-based selection, as demonstrated by the fact that the probability of guessing-based selection remained constant across crime-to-lineup delays. The findings underscore the critical importance of conducting lineups as soon as possible after a crime to maximize the probability of memory-based-culprit detection.

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CrimeAdultFemaleHumansMalePoliceTime FactorsYoung AdultDelayEyewitness identificationMultinomial processing tree modelPolice lineupsTwo-high threshold eyewitness identification model

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