Witness for the Defense The Accused, the Eyewitness, and the Expert Who Puts Memory on Trial

by Loftus, Elizabeth; Ketcham, Katherine

• ISBN13: 9780312084554
• ISBN10: 0312084552
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1992-07-15
• Publisher: Griffin

Summary

Witness for the Defense is a collection of true stories based on Dr. Elizabeth Loftus's personal experiences as an expert witness. It is our goal to use these real-life courtroom dramas as a vehicle for conveying information about psychology in general and memory in particular.

Author Biography

Elizabeth Loftus is a professor of psychology and adjunct professor of law at the University of Washington in Seattle. For more than 20 years, she has conducted extensive research in the areas of human memory, eyewitness testimony and courtroom procedure. Loftus has served as an expert witness and consultant in hundreds of cases, including the McMartin PreSchool Molestation case, the Hillside Strangler case, the Michael Jackson case, the trial of Oliver North, and the trial of the Menendez brothers and has also worked on numerous cases involving allegations of "repressed memories." She has published over 250 journal articles and 18 books, including Eyewitness Testimony, which won the American Psychological Association's National Media Award in 1980, and most recently, The Myth of Repressed Memory. In 1983, she was invited to present her work to the Royal Society of London. Loftus has served as president of the Western Psychological Association in 1984 and has fulfilled leadership roles in numerous other organizations such as the American Psychological Association, Society of Experimental Psychologists, American Psychological Society, and Psychonomic Society.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xi
Authors' Note	xiii
Part 1. Background	1	(30)
Trials of a Psychologist	3	(11)
The Magic of the Mind	14	(17)
Part 2. The Cases	31	(254)
Dark Justice	33	(28)
Steve Titus
The All-American Boy	61	(31)
Ted Bundy
A Knock on the Door	92	(35)
Timothy Hennis
Out of the Mouths of Babes	127	(29)
Tony Herrerez
``I Couldn't Do This to a Child''	156	(29)
Howard Haupt
``Sheer, Stark Terror''	185	(25)
Clarence Von Williams
Ivan the Terrible	210	(31)
John Demjanjuk
A Mole and a Stutter	241	(44)
Tyrone Briggs
Selected References	285

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