The Psychology and Sociology of Wrongful Convictions : Forensic Science Reform /

"Wrongful convictions are the result of faulty or false scientific evidence in 50% of the cases. Defense counsel is often at a great disadvantage in defending against evidence based on science. Illusory Evidence: The Psychology and Sociology of Wrongful Convictions is written for the non-scient...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Koen, Wendy J. (Editor ), Bowers, C. Michael (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London, United Kingdom : Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, [2018]
Temas:
Judicial error > Cases.
Forensic sciences > Case studies.
Erreur judiciaire > Jurisprudence.
Criminalistique > �Etudes de cas.
LAW > Criminal Law > General.
Forensic sciences.
Judicial error.
Case studies.
Trials, litigation, etc.
�Etudes de cas.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgments; Section I; Chapter 1
  • Criminal Profiling: Evidence, Experts, and Miscarriages of Justice; Case Study: John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo; The DC Sniper; The Crime Spree; The Profile; The Snipers; Tunnel Vision; References; Further Readings; Criminal Profiling: Evidence, Experts, and Miscarriages of Justice; Criminal Profiling: A Primer; Profiling as Nomothetic Prediction; Profiling as Ideographic Analysis; Professional Standards and Certification; Professional Certification
  • The Criminal Profiler Professional Certification Act of 2013The Criminal Profiler: Basic Qualifications; Profiling as Expert Evidence; The Role of Criminal Profiling; A Brief History of Criminal Profiling in Court; Colorado v. Masters (2001); Profilers as Forensic Experts; Case Studies in False Testimony and Forensic Fraud; California v. Raymond Lee Jennings (2007); California v. Caleb Madsen (2009); Conclusion; References; Further Readings; Chapter 2
  • The Psychology of Eyewitness Identification; Case Study: Timothy Atkins; The Murder; False Evidence; The Eyewitness Identification
  • Stranger Eyewitness Identification is Inherently UnreliableStranger Eyewitness Identification is Rendered Even Less Reliable when Influence from improper Suggestion is not Guarded Ag ... ; Stranger Eyewitness Identification is Rendered Even Less Reliable when the Identification is Cross-Racial; Stranger Eyewitness identification is Rendered Even Less Reliable when the Perpetrator was First Seen Under Traumatic and V ... ; The Exoneration; Conclusion; References; Further Readings; The Psychology of Eyewitness Identification; Recent History; Overview on Memory; Eyewitness Errors in Actual Cases
  • Other Research Methodologies in Eyewitness ResearchEyewitness Identification Research; Estimator Variable: Limited or Brief Exposure to the Perpetrator; Estimator Variable: The Effects of Stress and Arousal on Memory; Estimator Variable: Weapon Focus Effect; Estimator Variable: Cross-Race Identification; Estimator Variable: Effects of Distance on Accuracy; Estimator Variable: Co-witness Contamination; Estimator Variable: Effects of Delay on Accuracy; System Variables; System Variable: Showups or Field Identifications; System Variable: Mug-Shot Searching
  • System Variable: Composites and Sketches"Pristine" Lineup Procedures (aka Best Practices); System Variable: Filler Selection; System Variable: All Suspect Lineups; System Variable: Double-Blind Administration; System Variable: Pre-Identification Instructions; System Variable: Sequential and Simultaneous Lineups; System Variable: Eyewitness Confidence and Postidentification Feedback; System Variable: Repeated Identification Procedures; How to Prevent Wrongful Convictions inEyewitness Cases; Chapter 3
  • Child Interrogations and Testimony; Chapter Outline; Case Study: John Stoll

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