Research Catalog

Title

Reform of eyewitness identification procedures / edited by Brian L. Cutler.

Publication

Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, c2013.

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Additional Authors

Cutler, Brian L.

Description

ix, 235 p. : ill.; 27 cm.

Summary

Top researchers in the field of eyewitness research present full reviews of the literature on key issues such as the nature and composition of police lineups, the relative effectiveness of sequential versus simultaneous lineups, the importance of double-blind lineup administrations, the effectiveness of lineups versus showups, and the slippery nature of eyewitness memory. In each chapter, authors turn research into practice by providing clear and practical recommendations for effective police and legal reform.

Subject

Eyewitness identification

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction: identification procedures and conviction of the innocent / Andrew M. Smith and Brian L. Cutler -- Eyewitness system variables / Miko M. Wilford and Gary L. Wells -- Showups / Charles A. Goodsell ... [et al.] -- Lineup instructions / Nancy K. Steblay -- Constructing the lineup: law, reform, theory, and data / Steven E. Clark, Ryan A. Rush, and Molly B. Moreland -- Presentation methods / Scott D. Gronlund, Shannon M. Andersen, and Colton Perry -- Double-blind lineup administration: effects of administrator knowledge on eyewitness decisions / Jacqueline L. Austin ... [et al.] -- Eyewitness certainty as a system variable / Laura Smalarz and Gary L. Wells -- Field studies of eyewitness memory / Daniel B. Wright ... [et al.] -- Conclusion: identification test reforms / Andrew M. Smith and Brian L. Cutler.

ISBN

• 9781433812835
• 1433812835

LCCN

^^2012035436

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library