Mistaken identification : the eyewitness, psychology, and the law / Brian L. Cutler, Steven D. Penrod.
1995
KF9672 .C88 1995
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Title
Mistaken identification : the eyewitness, psychology, and the law / Brian L. Cutler, Steven D. Penrod.
Author
ISBN
0521445531 (hc.)
9780521445535 (hc.)
0521445728 (pbk.)
9780521445726 (pbk.)
9780521445535 (hc.)
0521445728 (pbk.)
9780521445726 (pbk.)
Imprint
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1995.
Language
English
Description
x, 290 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Call Number
KF9672 .C88 1995
System Control No.
(OCoLC)31608093
Summary
The criminal justice system has devised several procedural safeguards to protect defendants from erroneous conviction resulting from mistaken eyewitness identification. Mistaken Identification: The Eyewitness, Psychology, and the Law reviews the empirical research bearing on the adequacy of those safeguards. After summarizing the research on the accuracy of eyewitness identification, the authors examine diverse factors that influence identification accuracy and review recent research on the effectiveness of commonly used safeguards. This body of literature converges on the conclusion that traditional safeguards such as presence of counsel at lineups, cross-examination, and judges' instructions are ineffective against mistaken eyewitness identification.
Expert psychological testimony on eyewitness memory, designed to educate the jury about how memory processes work and how eyewitness testimony should be evaluated, shows much greater promise of protection against mistaken identifications and erroneous convictions. Mistaken Identification is an invaluable text for advanced psychology students, law students, and researchers of memory.
Expert psychological testimony on eyewitness memory, designed to educate the jury about how memory processes work and how eyewitness testimony should be evaluated, shows much greater promise of protection against mistaken identifications and erroneous convictions. Mistaken Identification is an invaluable text for advanced psychology students, law students, and researchers of memory.
Note
Expert psychological testimony on eyewitness memory, designed to educate the jury about how memory processes work and how eyewitness testimony should be evaluated, shows much greater promise of protection against mistaken identifications and erroneous convictions. Mistaken Identification is an invaluable text for advanced psychology students, law students, and researchers of memory.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-281) and indexes.
Formatted Contents Note
Eyewitnesses, expert psychologists, and the law
Sources of identification error: The scientific research
Is the attorney an effective safeguard against mistaken identification?
Is the jury an effective safeguard against mistaken identification?
Is the eyewitness expert an effective safeguard against mistaken identification?
Is the judge an effective safeguard against mistaken identification?
Sources of identification error: The scientific research
Is the attorney an effective safeguard against mistaken identification?
Is the jury an effective safeguard against mistaken identification?
Is the eyewitness expert an effective safeguard against mistaken identification?
Is the judge an effective safeguard against mistaken identification?
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