The Handbook of Eyewitness Psychology: Volume II: Memory for People

by Lindsay, R.C.L.; Ross, David F.; Read, J. Don; Toglia, Michael P.

• ISBN13: 9780805851526
• ISBN10: 0805851526
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-02-13
• Publisher: Lawrence Erlbau

Summary

The Handbook of Eyewitness Psychologypresents 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 ageschildren, adults, and the elderlyare compiled in a single pair of volumes. The disparate research currently being conducted in eyewitness memory in psychology, criminal justice, and legal studies is coherently presented in this work. Controversial topics such as the use of hypnosis, false and recovered memories, the impact of stress, and the accuracy of psychologically impaired witnesses are expertly examined. Leading eyewitness researchers also discuss the subjects of conversational memory, alibi evidence, witness credibility, facial memory, earwitness testimony, lineup theory, and expert testimony. The impact of witness testimony in court is considered, and each volume concludes with a legal commentary chapter. The Handbook of Eyewitness Psychologyis an invaluable aid to researchers, legal scholars, and practicing lawyers who need access to the most recent research in the field, accompanied by the interpretations and commentary of many of the world's leading authorities on these topics.

Table of Contents

Preface

Finding Suspects

Person Descriptions as Eyewitness Evidence

MugBooks: More Than Just Large Photospreads

Facial Composites: Forensic Utility and Psychological Research

Identifying Suspects: System Variables

Remembering Faces

The Psychology of Speaker Identification and Earwitness Memory

Show-up Identifications: Suggestive Technique or Reliable Method?R.S. Malpass

Lineup Construction and Lineup Fairness

Radical Alternatives to Traditional Lineups

A Role for Theory in Eyewitness Identification Research

Applied Lineup Theory

Identifying Suspects: Estimator Variables

The Influence of Race on Eyewitness Memory

Person Description and Identification by Child Witnesses

Eyewitness Memory in Young and Older Adults

Remembering and Identifying Menacing Perpetrators: Exposure to Violence and the Weapon Focus Effect

The Effects of Delay on Eyewitness Identification Accuracy: Should We Be Concerned?

Eyewitness Confidence and the Confidence-Accuracy Relationshipin Memory for People

Distinguishing Accurate Identifications From Erroneous Ones: Post-Dictive Indicators of Eyewitness Accuracy

Belief of Eyewitness Identification

Has Eyewitness Research Penetrated the American Legal System?M. Boyce

Belief of Eyewitness Identification Evidence

Applying Psychological Research to Legal Practice

Generalizing Eyewitness Reliability Research

Mistaken Identification = Erroneous Convictions? Assessing andImproving Legal Safeguards

Giving Away Psychology to Lawyers

Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved.