A PRELIMINARY STUDY OF VIDEO EYEWITNESS IDENTIFICAT

1.在英国和美国对目击者辨认程序进行了现场观察。特别是在英国，对视频识别(Viper系统)进行了详细的研究，采访了负责身份识别的官员和熟悉视频程序的索要或熟悉的人。在美国，对新泽西州一名官员进行了采访，新泽西州检察官负责通过2001年目击者识别指南。加州的一名地区检察官也接受了采访，以研究他们的照片识别序列程序。为了在这个国家启动一个新的系统，对视频识别进行了初步的研究。具体来说，我们决定了屏幕上的视频图像和视频中目标人物的运动。另一个问题是目标者的着装：选择了一种标准的衣服。经过这些准备，录制了约200个本科生的视频图像。对于程序，我们制作了几种知情同意的表格。表格是研究人员的笔记，解释了研究的目的、参与者的权利和研究人员的义务。另一种是参与者的同意书。视频图像将用于研究形成一个数据库，从中提取合适的花剑候选对象。我们还需要一个搜索系统来利用视频图像数据库。这些是我们下一步的研究任务。首席调查员参与了日本法律和心理学会2004年目击证人作证准则的起草工作。他负责目击证人识别程序的大部分内容。

1. On-site observations of eyewitness identification procedure were conducted in England and the United States. Especially in England, video identification (VIPER system) was studied in details, interviewing the identification officer in charge and a solicit or familiar with the video procedure. In the United States, an interview with a New Jersey official, state attorney responsible for the adoption of its 2001 guidelines for eyewitness identification, was conducted. A district attorney was also interviewed in California in order to study their photo identification lineup procedure.2. A preliminary study of video identification was conducted in order to start a new system in this country. Specifically, we decided the video image on the screen and the movement of the target person in the video. Another issue was the clothing of the target person : A standard clothes was chosen. After these preparations, about 200 video images of undergraduates were recorded. For the procedure, we made several forms for informed consent. A form was for the notes by the researchers explaining purposes of the study, rights of the participants, and obligations of the researchers. Another was a consent form for the participants.The video images will be used for the study to form a database from which appropriate foil candidates were extracted. We also need a search system to utilize the video image database. These are our next research tasks.3. The head investigator participated in the drafting of the 2004 Guidelines for Eyewitness Testimony by the Japanese Society for Law and Psychology. He was responsible for the most of the section on eyewitness identification procedures.