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caras cebo [in a line-up]

English translation: filler (photo) / foil (photo)


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Spanish term or phrase:caras cebo [in a line-up]
English translation:filler (photo) / foil (photo)
Entered by: Lesley Jackson
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14:42 Jul 28, 2011
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Social Sciences - Psychology / personas con discapacidad intelectual
Spanish term or phrase: caras cebo [in a line-up]
Spain: from a paper on the performance of persons with intellectual disability on identifying faces in a line-up

"Los valores obtenidos muestran que en todas las condiciones los sujetos, en general, son capaces de discriminar las caras objetivo de las caras cebo." [elsewhere in the paper we have "fotografías cebo"]

I know when it's real people in a line-up, the word is "decoy" but in this research they used photographs---not real people.

And googling for ["decoy photos" (or faces) + "police line-up"] I get ZERO hits.

So it appears there is some other term here when it's a photo/face opposite the "target" rather than a real person? Or do I just disregard Google and use "decoy faces" anyway? Thanks.
Lesley Jackson
United States
Local time: 12:15
filler (photo) / foil (photo)
Explanation:
"Decoy" is used sometimes but the usual terms, I think, are "fillers" or "foils":

"A police lineup (in American English) or identity parade (in British English) is a process by which a crime victim or witness's putative identification of a suspect is confirmed to a level that can count as evidence at trial.
The suspect, along with several "fillers" or "foils"—people of similar height, build, and complexion who may be prisoners, actors or volunteers—stand side-by-side, both facing and in profile."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_lineup

"Each line-up consisted of a target photo (i.e., the picture of the doctor or the nurse) and four foil photos (i.e., pictures of people who were similar in..."
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022096502...

" 1. Line-ups shall consist of one known suspect and seven filler photos/images.
2. If there are multiple suspects in a case, a different line-up shall be created for each suspect. Filler photos/images can not be used in more than one line-up.
3. Filler photos/images are selected based upon shared characteristics with the suspect photo . . ."
http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/duke_rape_case_bizzaro_worl...
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Charles Davis
Local time: 18:15
Grading comment
Great work, Charles... thanks.
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filler (photo) / foil (photo)


Explanation:
"Decoy" is used sometimes but the usual terms, I think, are "fillers" or "foils":

"A police lineup (in American English) or identity parade (in British English) is a process by which a crime victim or witness's putative identification of a suspect is confirmed to a level that can count as evidence at trial.
The suspect, along with several "fillers" or "foils"—people of similar height, build, and complexion who may be prisoners, actors or volunteers—stand side-by-side, both facing and in profile."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_lineup

"Each line-up consisted of a target photo (i.e., the picture of the doctor or the nurse) and four foil photos (i.e., pictures of people who were similar in..."
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022096502...

" 1. Line-ups shall consist of one known suspect and seven filler photos/images.
2. If there are multiple suspects in a case, a different line-up shall be created for each suspect. Filler photos/images can not be used in more than one line-up.
3. Filler photos/images are selected based upon shared characteristics with the suspect photo . . ."
http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/duke_rape_case_bizzaro_worl...


Charles Davis
Local time: 18:15
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Great work, Charles... thanks.

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