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. 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 safeguards 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 as a safeguard against mistaken identifications and erroneous convictions. Mistaken Identification is an invaluable text for advanced psychology students, law students and researchers of memory.
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"...drives yet another nail into the coffin of the so-called criminal justice system. You could not find a more meticulous presentation of just how unreliable witnesses are." New Scientist
"Eyewitness evidence is often fraught with inaccuracies, nevertheless, it has the power of a sledgehammer and it can swiftly put an innocent man behind bars. Cutler and Penrod's book will assist the advocate in mounting an effective attack against this highly damaging evidence." Rene L. Valladares, The Champion
"It is an impressive work, though not without its flaws. It represents the state of the art and will unquestionably become required reading for anyone interested in the work in this area....The book is, overall, an impressive and important work." Solomon M. Fulero, Contemporary Psychology
"Eyewitness evidence is often fraught with inaccuracies, nevertheless, it has the power of a sledgehammer and it can swiftly put an innocent man behind bars. Cutler and Penrod's book will assist the advocate in mounting an effective attack against this highly damaging evidence." Rene L. Valladares, The Champion
"It is an impressive work, though not without its flaws. It represents the state of the art and will unquestionably become required reading for anyone interested in the work in this area....The book is, overall, an impressive and important work." Solomon M. Fulero, Contemporary Psychology
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Concluding that traditional safeguards are ineffective against mistaken eyewitness identification, this analysis asserts that expert psychological testimony on eyewitness memory, designed to educate the jury about how memory processes work, shows much greater promise.
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attitudes toward eyewitnesses, influence eyewitness identification accuracy, eyewitnessing factors, foil bias, lineup test, influence eyewitness performance, undergraduate jurors, juror sensitivity, study characteristics analysis, suggestive lineup instructions, clothing biases, eyewitness identification performance, influence identification performance, mugshot phase, subsequent identification accuracy, influence identification accuracy, attorney sensitivity, discredited eyewitness, influence eyewitness memory, identification accuracy rates, eyewitness characteristics, biased instructions, suggestive instructions, eyewitness expert testimony, briefed witnesses Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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attitudes toward eyewitnesses, influence eyewitness identification accuracy, eyewitnessing factors, foil bias, lineup test, influence eyewitness performance, undergraduate jurors, juror sensitivity, study characteristics analysis, suggestive lineup instructions, clothing biases, eyewitness identification performance, influence identification performance, mugshot phase, subsequent identification accuracy, influence identification accuracy, attorney sensitivity, discredited eyewitness, influence eyewitness memory, identification accuracy rates, eyewitness characteristics, biased instructions, suggestive instructions, eyewitness expert testimony, briefed witnesses Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- Social Psychology by Steven Penrod on 4 pages
- Social Psychology (Nelson-Hall Series in Psychology) by Stephen Worchel in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Federal Rules of Evidence by United States on page 22, and Back Matter
- Eyewitness Testimony: With a new preface by the author by Elizabeth F. Loftus on page 39, and page 68
- Human Behavior by Eleanor S. Nash in Back Matter
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- Psychology and Crime (Routledge Modular Psychology) by David Putwain in Back Matter
- Psychology and Crime (Routledge Modular Psychology) by David Putwain in Back Matter
- Celling America's Soul by Trustone Judith in Back Matter
- Psychology, Law and Eyewitness Testimony by Peter B. Ainsworth in Back Matter
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