Analysing Witness Testimony: Psychological, Investigative and Evidential Perspectives A Guide for Legal Practitioners and Other Professionals

Name: Analysing Witness Testimony: Psychological, Investigative and Evidential Perspectives A Guide for Legal Practitioners and Other Professionals
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ISBN: 9781854317315

ISBN-10: 1854317318

ISBN-13: 9781854317315

Edition: 1999

Authors: Anthony Heaton-Armstrong, Eric Shepherd, David Wolchover

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The consideration of witness testimony had traditionally been a task left to fact-finders with scant guidance from legal professionals. As a result, various practices have developed during the investigative and trial process which can obscure or even eradicate critical material. Miscarriages of justice will continue to occur, so long as those working within the justice system continue to accept witnesses and their testimony at face value. This book aims to make practitioners, as well as the fact-finders and those who guide them, aware of a wide range of perspectives on witness testimony. Each contributor identifies bad practice and puts forward ideas for improvement or removal of previously…

Book details

List price: $155.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 11/7/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 382
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.74" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.078
Language: English



Human Memory in the Real World


Contamination of Witness Memory


The Influence of Drugs on Testimony


The Frailty of Children's Testimony


Testimony from Persons with Mental Disorders


Witness Testimony in Sleep and Dream-related Contexts


Physical Illness and their Potential Influence


Complaints of Sexual Misconduct


Full and Faithful: Ensuring Quality Practice and Integrity of Outcome in Witness Interviews


Obtaining Detailed Testimony: The Cognitive Interview


Hypnotically Induced Testimony


Identification Parades: Psychological and Practical Realities


Earwitness Testimony


Getting Heads Together: Police Collaborative Testimony


Recording Witness Statements


The Influence of Witness Appearance and Demeanour on Witness Credibility


Identifying Anomaly in Evidential Text


Admissibility of Expert Psychological and Psychiatric Testimony


Problematic Testimony