Dr. Craig Thorley

Research Interests

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Whilst I mainly focus on degree leadership and quality assurance, I occasionally conduct research on: 

 

• Memory accuracy: I study how well people recall events. My studies often simulate legal scenarios, such as having mock eyewitnesses view a staged crime and later recall it, or having mock jurors watch a trial and later recall the evidence.

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• Age estimation: I study how accurately we can estimate others’ ages from their appearance. For example, I worked with the UK National Crime Agency examining how accurately sexual assault victims can estimate their convicted attacker's age during their initial police interviews.