Identifying the culprit : assessing eyewitness identification /

"Eyewitnesses play an important role in criminal cases when they can identify culprits. Estimates suggest that tens of thousands of eyewitnesses make identifications in criminal investigations each year. Research on factors that affect the accuracy of eyewitness identification procedures has gi...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores Corporativos: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Scientific Approaches to Understanding and Maximizing the Validity and Reliability of Eyewitness Identification in Law Enforcement and the Courts, National Research Council (U.S.). Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Science, Technology, and Law, National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Law and Justice
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : The National Academies Press, [2014]
Temas:
Forensic psychology > United States.
Eyewitness identification > Psychological aspects.
Eyewitness identification > United States.
Psychologie légale > États-Unis.
Identification par témoin oculaire > Aspect psychologique.
Identification par témoin oculaire > États-Unis.
LAW > Civil Procedure.
LAW > Legal Services.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Judicial Branch.
Eyewitness identification
Eyewitness identification > Psychological aspects
Forensic psychology
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Eyewitness Identification Procedures
  • The Legal Framework for Assessment of Eyewitness Identification Evidence
  • Basic Research on Vision and Memory
  • Applied Eyewitness Identification Research
  • Findings and Recommendations
  • Appendix A: Biographical Information of Committee and Staff
  • Appendix B: Committee Meeting Agendas
  • Appendix C: Consideration of Uncertainty in Data on the Confidence-Accuracy Relationship and the Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) Curve.

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