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 ...
10-6 n10 Contra Bryant v. United States, 599 A.2d 1107 (1991) .... 10-15 n66 Corrothers v. State, 148 So. 3d 278 (Miss. 2014) .... 16-7 n32 Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36, 124 S. Ct. 1354, 158 L. Ed. 2d 177 (2004) .
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, ...
Eyewitness Testimony: Challenging Your Opponent's Witness
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.
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.
Although, as these are based on memories that are not always reliable. Loftus recommends methods for gathering testimony that are less likely to distort memory and suggests experts on memory should be able to testify in court.