SOCI 3410 Study Guide - Final Guide: Eyewitness Identification, Plea Bargain, Jury Tampering
19 Apr 2014
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Potential questions exam questions: what are the two methods of wrongful doing? a. ) Suppression of evidence (exculpatory evidence which doesn"t point finger at person) Justice system focuses on marginalized groups who are powerless to defend themselves (easily victimized) Lower class, bail less often harder to prove innocence. *** the law must apply equally to everyone. According to loftus, what are the 3 stages of eyewitness testimony? a. ) Acquisition- perception of original event, info coded in memory system b. ) Individual pleads guilty provide confession to end the interrogation process they go through. Give police what they want c. ) coerced- internalized false confession. Individual starts to believe they did the crime (may have blacked out) Interrogations techniques to get people to confess to crimes. What are the major factors which impact eyewitness testimony? a. ) Disturbed emotional state of victim or bystanders (trauma, may worsen) Difficulty of retaining and retrieving info stored in memory during stressful situations b. )
