Ihave an associate who teaches in the biology department (physiology
and anatomy). She and her husband (county sheriff) work with
bloodhounds. She approached me today with the idea of creating an
experiment to ascertain the accuracy of identifying a suspect using
the bloodhounds. The data would be such that it could be used as
evidence when a suspect is identified - depending of course on the
outcome of the study either the prosecution or defense would be
interested in the data.
She was thinking of comparing the bloodhound's ability to ID a
suspect vs. the human ability by replicating the classroom study
where a student explodes into the classroom and shouts something at
the professor and then leaves almost immediately. The class is then
questioned as to their recall and the accuracy of their recall is
compared with the actual event and suspect.
At this point the bloodhound would be brought into the classroom and
would "gather its data" before proceeding to track the suspect down
somewhere on-campus. The accuracy of the bloodhound's ID would be
compared with the class'.
Suggestions, comments, etc please!!!!
Thank you
Bill
Bill Bachofner
Professor
Dept of Psychology
Victor Valley College
18422 Bear Valley Rd
Victorville, CA 92392
(760) 245-4271 x2214
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