Joining the ASR means that you will become a part of one of the World’s most select and exclusive membership organisations. You will be able to add the post nominals ‘ASR’ after your name. Our regular newsletter, blogs and interviews will keep you informed of the progress and evolution of the science. The Associations’ conferences will provide an opportunity for you to meet other super recognisers, to share your experiences and to hear from leading academics in the field. Our ethics and standards committee are now finalising the Association’s Code of Practice which will set the baseline and provide the international yardstick for quality and the benchmark paradigm for super recognition as the third leg of the forensic triangle of DNA, fingerprinting and super recognition.
Associates are very special people and we need to ensure that their skills are recognised and leveraged to
best advantage in the fight against crime and extremism. Hundreds of thousands of hours of CCTV imagery are
recorded every minute across the globe. Very little of this collection, however, is ever used in evidence to
gain a conviction. Many police forces now pay little or no attention to so called ‘low level’ crime. Such
crime involves shoplifting or theft of personal items such as laptops, handbags or wallets. These may be ‘low
level’ crimes in the broader scheme of affairs, but to their owners, loss of their property they can be
devastating.
Super recognisers will help to redress that balance and address such crimes – and the more
major ones as well. Being an ASR Associate will enable you to connect with others practitioners who share your
specific skills and relate your experiences to the worldwide diaspora of super recognisers. You will receive:
Access to the Associates area of the website where news, jobs, information and views can be shared and accessed.
Appropriate post nominals after your name (ASR – Associate Super Recogniser, FASR – Fellow of the Association of Super Recognisers).
An ASR identity card.
Discounted attendance at ASR’s conferences.
An online copy of our newsletter – ‘The Recollection’ containing academic articles and updates on developments in the fight against crime and extremism.
A personal certificate of association signed by our Chairman, Lord Lingfield.
The opportunity to attend a presentation ceremony at a prestigious location in London.
Special discount offers at shops and commercial sites.
Prosopagnosia, or “face blindness”, is a rare medical condition in which patients are unable to recognize human faces, in some cases, even their own faces or those of their immediate family. The advent of the internet has now enabled a study of such extreme instances to be undertaken. During these studies, however, researchers and psychologists discovered 4 people who had exactly the opposite issue to face blindness. The researchers found individuals who were at the extreme other end of the spectrum – and they were incredibly good at remembering faces at being able to identify them, notwithstanding the passage of time, their age, gender, appearance or even disguise.
Clearly a spectrum exists and we now know that the skills of ‘super recognisers’ are estimated to abide in as few as 1% of the human population worldwide. It is this very small population which we now seek to identify, to assess, select and to develop further to deter and fight crime and extremism in our increasingly unstable World. Such skills cannot be taught – they are preternatural and unique to an individual.
Tests to identify their skills have been verified by many academic institutions both here and in the USA. The search is now on to identify suitable candidates for further development. Should you wish to assess your own skills in this area then do go to the University of Greenwich website and have a go at the tests for yourself – see http://superrecognisers.com
ASR is go! The very first associates have completed their application forms and
their induction process has commenced.
The new recruits were attending a 4-day training course run by Super
Recognisers International (SRI) Limited in London. SRI kindly allowed ASR to brief their students on the
advantages of joining the Association and the opportunities which await them in the future. CEO Mrs Gilly
Crichton said 'Our very first recruits are joining an elite family of super recognisers from across the World.
We live in an increasingly hazardous World and the future cohort of super recognisers are all keen and able to
make the globe a safer and more enjoyable place to live and work'.
If you would like any further information do not hesitate to contact us.
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