By shedding light on the many factors that can intervene and create inaccurate testimony, Elizabeth Loftus illustrates how memory can be radically altered by the way an eyewitness is questioned, and how new memories can be implanted and old ones changed in subtle ways.
Eyewitness Testimony: Civil and Criminal
... studies illustrates how some of these factors determining memorability come together to promote and preserve memory of specific events: Rubin and Kozin (1984)47 asked a group of students to describe three of their clearest memories, ...
10. D. A. Lieberman, Learning and Memory: An Integrative Approach (Belmont: Wadsworth, 2004) 442. 11. M. A. Conway, “Autobiographical Knowledge and Autobiographical Memories,” in Rubin, ed., Remembering Our Past, 86. 12.
The Psychology of Eyewitness Testimony
This book brings together an impressive group of researchers and practicing attorneys to provide current overviews and critiques of key topics in eyewitness testimony.
Investigates the factors that influence the accuracy of eyewitness testimony.
Eyewitness Testimony: Challenging Your Opponent's Witness
Occasionally, as in this book, you get both. Peter Ainsworth has done his readers a favour by presenting complex material simply yet succinctly. I hope the book enjoys the wide professional readership which it merits.
Before joining the Statistics Department in 2014, she was Mathematical Statistician at the National Institute of ... Western Trial Advocacy Institute in Laramie, Wyoming, Mr. Kramer is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.
This Element addresses the factors that influence children's accuracy in reporting on events and draws implications for children's ability to serve as reliable eyewitnesses.