Eyewitness Testimony With a New Preface

Name: Eyewitness Testimony With a New Preface
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ISBN: 9780674287778

ISBN-10: 0674287770

ISBN-13: 9780674287778

Edition: 2nd 1996

Authors: Elizabeth F. Loftus

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Every year hundreds of defendants are convicted on little more than the say-so of a fellow citizen. Although psychologists have suspected for decades that an eyewitness can be highly unreliable, new evidence leaves no doubt that juries vastly overestimate the credibility of eyewitness accounts. It is a problem that the courts have yet to solve or face squarely. In Eyewitness Testimony, Elizabeth Loftus makes the psychological case against the eyewitness. Beginning with the basics of eyewitness fallibility, such as poor viewing conditions, brief exposure, and stress, Loftus moves to more subtle factors, such as expectations, biases, and personal stereotypes, all of which can intervene to…

Book details

List price: $36.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 3/15/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.25" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English




Mistaken Identification



Impact of Eyewitness Testimony



Perceiving Events



Retaining Information in Memory



Retrieving Information from Memory



Theoretical Issues in the Study of Memory



Recognizing People



Individual Differences in Eyewitness Ability



Common Beliefs about Eyewitness Accounts



The Eyewitness and the Legal System



An Actual Case of Murder: People v. Garcia


Appendix


References


Index