PSYC 3310 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Forgetting Curve, Exclusionary Rule
20 Jun 2012
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Chapter 6 improving eyewitness identification and interviewing procedures. A cops goal is to solve/clear crimes: more likely successful if at least 1 eyewitness. Fear of crime widespread cuz clearance rate for major crimes is quite low. Major factor in determining whether case will be solved was completeness/accuracy of eyewitness"s account. Crimes most likely cleared are those when offender captured w/in mintures or eyewitness provided specific relevant piece of info. Presence of eye witness who incriminates defendant is usually most infleuintical evidence [along with presence of confesion] In review of cases where defendents wrongfully convicted, 52% included faulty eyewitness testimony: eyewitness errors provide single most frequent cause of wrongful conviction. Act of witness identifying/describing suspect involves more than just memory: reasoning processes, suggestibility, social ifnleunce, self-foncidence, conformity. Mt- witness"s statement of what recalls of a prior event, tehse statements can be influenced by more than just memory process.
