Adult Eyewitness Testimony

Author : David Frank Ross
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521432559
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Adult Eyewitness Testimony written by David Frank Ross and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1994-03-25 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investigates the factors that influence the accuracy of eyewitness testimony.

Author : Michael P. Toglia
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 1317643682
Total Pages : 451 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Elderly Eyewitness in Court written by Michael P. Toglia and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2014-02-18 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The majority of research on eyewitness memory has traditionally studied children and young adults. By contrast, this volume is designed to provide an overview of empirical research on the cognitive, social, and health related factors that impact the accuracy of eyewitness testimony given by the elderly. The book takes a lifespan developmental perspective that incorporates research on witnesses of all ages, but uses the findings to focus on issues unique to the elderly. This includes research on recognition memory with lineup identifications and recall memory that occurs when an elderly witness is asked to describe an event in court. The Elderly Eyewitness also examines jurors’ reactions to the testimony of an elderly witness, and the legal and social policy issues that emerge when the elderly witness participate in legal proceedings. While reviewing what is known about the elderly witness, the book also provides a direction for future research into this new frontier of scientific inquiry. Its audience spans researchers in cognitive and developmental psychology, and professionals working in the growing area of psychology and law.

Author : Stephan J. Ceci
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1468463381
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Children’s Eyewitness Memory written by Stephan J. Ceci and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309310628
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Identifying the Culprit written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2015-01-16 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Identifying the Culprit: Assessing Eyewitness Identification makes the case that better data collection and research on eyewitness identification, new law enforcement training protocols, standardized procedures for administering line-ups, and improvements in the handling of eyewitness identification in court can increase the chances that accurate identifications are made. This report explains the science that has emerged during the past 30 years on eyewitness identifications and identifies best practices in eyewitness procedures for the law enforcement community and in the presentation of eyewitness evidence in the courtroom. In order to continue the advancement of eyewitness identification research, the report recommends a focused research agenda.

Author : Brian L. Cutler
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521445726
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mistaken Identification written by Brian L. Cutler and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1995-08-25 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines traditional safeguards against mistaken eyewitness identification.

Author : A. Daniel Yarmey
Publisher : New York : Free Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Psychology of Eyewitness Testimony written by A. Daniel Yarmey and published by New York : Free Press. This book was released on 1979 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Elizabeth Ann Robie
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Eyewitness Testimony written by Elizabeth Ann Robie and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Previous studies examining factors affecting accuracy of children's eyewitness testimony have consistently found significant age differences in ability to accurately remember and report about experienced events. Some research has also shown that question format has an impact on reports of experienced events, with open-ended questions eliciting mostly accurate, but brief, responses and closed-ended questions producing more detailed accounts of events while increasing likelihood of false reporting. The present study was designed to examine the effects and interaction of both age and question format on accuracy of reports of experienced events. while comparing performance of children at different ages to that of adults. There were no significant age differences in accuracy in reporting and/or identifying target event items, but the youngest age group did report significantly more false events than older children and adults. Participants in the open-ended question format group reported fewer target items than participants in the closed-ended question format group and combined question format group, but reported significantly fewer false events than participants in the closed-ended question format group. Examination of interaction data revealed that question format impacted accuracy only for the youngest participants. The results of the present study suggest that age and question format do affect accuracy of reports of experienced events.

Author : Elizabeth Loftus
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1250086310
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Witness for the Defense written by Elizabeth Loftus and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2015-06-02 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The study of memory had become my specialty, my passion. In the next few years I wrote dozens of papers about how memory works and how it fails, but unlike most researchers studying memory, my work kept reaching out into the real world. To what extent, I wondered, could a person's memory be shaped by suggestion? When people witness a serious automobile accident, how accurate is their recollection of the facts? If a witness is questioned by a police officer, will the manner of questioning alter the representation of the memory? Can memories be supplemented with additional, false information?" The "passion" Loftus describes in the lines above led her to a teaching career at the University of Washington and, perhaps more importantly, into hundreds of courtrooms as an expert witness on the fallibility of eyewitness accounts. As she has explained in numerous trials, and as she convincingly argues in this absorbing book, eyewitness accounts can be and often are so distorted that they no longer resemble the truth.

Author : R.C.L. Lindsay
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 1135608172
Total Pages : 695 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Handbook of Eyewitness Psychology: Volume II written by R.C.L. Lindsay and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2007-02-13 with total page 695 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Handbook of Eyewitness Psychology presents a survey of research and legal opinions from international experts on the rapidly expanding scientific literature addressing the accuracy and limitations of eyewitnesses as a source of evidence for the courts. For the first time, extensive reviews of factors influencing witnesses of all ages-chil

Author : Stephen J. Ceci
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461388325
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Perspectives on Children’s Testimony written by Stephen J. Ceci and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perspectives on Children's Testimony presents current empirical research on the factors which influence adults' perceptions of the child witness. This volume provides researchers in both the psychological and the criminal justice communities with knowledge about adult beliefs regarding child witnesses, how these beliefs may influence jury verdicts, and the relationship of these perceptions to the credibility and accuracy of children's testimony. A variety of new techniques are employed in assessing adult views of child witnesses. Special features of the volume include: an in-depth treatment of techniques of interviewing child victims of sexual abuse, an examination of children's perceptions and knowledge of the legal system, and critical and theoretical integrations of the original, empirical papers.