Human factors in triaging forensic items: Casework pressures and ambiguity aversion.

ABSTRACT: Triaging is an important step in deciding which items collected from crime scenes to select for forensic analysis, and so subsequent examination and findings often depend on it. This study aims to evaluate the influence of casework pressures and tolerance to ambiguity on triaging of items collected from a crime scene. A realistic pressure manipulation paradigm was developed and was found to be effective in inducing feelings of pressure in participants in an online setting. This pressure manipulation did not affect triaging decisions for both triaging experts (N = 48) and non-experts (N = 98). However, the results revealed inconsistent decisions, even among experts under identical pressure conditions and comparable background demographics. The findings also suggest that ambiguity aversion i

SUBMITTER: Almazrouei MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12503395 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature