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Perceived realism and the CSI-effect
Anecdotal claims from legal professionals suggest that jurors are increasingly expecting DNA evidence in criminal trials, due to the popularity of crime-drama television programs such as Crime Scene Investigation (CSI). This study extends research on the
Logan A. Ewanation +3 more
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Face Recognition in Forensic Psychology: A Literature Review on Eyewitness Testimony Research [PDF]
Eyewitnesses play a crucial role in the criminal justice system, providing crucial information during investigations and potentially assisting in the identification of suspects.
Renan Benigno Saraiva
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Pre-feedback eyewitness statements: proposed safeguard against feedback effects on evaluations of eyewitness testimony [PDF]
Mistaken but highly confident eyewitness testimony has been used to convict innocent people in more than 220 criminal cases in the United States. Research has shown that confirming post-identification feedback (e.g., "Good job, you identified the suspect"
Smalarz, Laura
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False memories can result in severe legal consequences including the imprisonment of innocent people. False memory in eyewitnesses is the largest factor contributing to miscarriages of justice in the United States.
Jianqin Wang +5 more
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Eyewitness identification : improving police lineups for suspects with distinctive features [PDF]
Eyewitnesses‘ descriptions of suspects often refer to distinctive facial features, such as tattoos or scars, and the police have to decide how best to create fair lineups in these circumstances.
Zarkadi, Theodora
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Expert Testimony Regarding Eyewitness Identification [PDF]
Increasingly, psychologists are giving expert testimony in court on the accu racy of eyewitness identification (Kassin, Tubb, Hosch, & Memon, 2001). Eyewitness experts typically are cognitive or social psychologists who have published research articles ...
Cutler, Brian, Wells, Gary
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Stability of autobiographical memory in young people with intellectual disabilities
The present study aimed to analyze the stability of the memory of a stressful event (medical examination within a hospital setting) over time in young people (age range 12 to 21, Mage = 15.11 years old, SD = 3.047) with mild or moderate intellectual ...
Claudia Morales +6 more
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In Eyes, We Trust: The Changing Landscape of Eyewitness Testimony [PDF]
Since the very advent of law enforcement, eyewitness testimony has played a pivotal role in identifying, arresting, and convicting suspects. Reliant heavily on the accuracy of human memory, nothing seems to carry more weight with the judiciary than the ...
Singh, Manveen
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Predicting Accuracy in Eyewitness Testimonies With Memory Retrieval Effort and Confidence
Evaluating eyewitness testimonies has proven a difficult task. Recent research, however, suggests that incorrect memories are more effortful to retrieve than correct memories, and confidence in a memory is based on retrieval effort. We aimed to replicate
Philip U. Gustafsson +2 more
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This article is devoted to some aspects of marriage among Muslims of the Volga-Ural region in the late 19th – early 21st centuries. Traditionally, marriage has been studied based on the materials of ethnographic research, eyewitness testimony, and ...
Ramil A. Gaptrakhimov +2 more
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