While working with the Gang Unit, Collins would patrol the streets encouraging young people to steer away from crime. (Smith wanted Collins to join the unit, but his borough refused to release him: he was too valuable.) And Neville Stanbury was sentenced in October to four and a half years for 40 offences after the super-recognisers made 31 identifications. Rabbett was met at the university by Dr Josh Davis, who has been researching super-recognisers since 2008. The study suggested that super-recognisers represented the extreme opposite to prosopagnosics – otherwise known as people with face blindness.

Source: The Guardian November 05, 2016 09:56 UTC