Co-Witnesses Talk

Name: Co-Witnesses Talk
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ISBN: 9783639282672

ISBN-10: 3639282671

ISBN-13: 9783639282672

Edition: N/A

Authors: Helen Paterson

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The research presented in this book describes a series of novel studies investigating the effects of co-witness discussion on eyewitness memory. By surveying witnesses and police officers, Paterson reveals that discussion amongst witnesses is a very common phenomenon. Through experimental studies she demonstrates that such discussion can serve as an exceptionally powerful form of memory contamination. That is, it can cause individuals to report events that they did not see, or to misremember the details of events they did observe. This process, which has become known as "memory conformity," reveals that a group of witnesses can come to share a single, inaccurate memory for the event.…

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Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller e.K.
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 328
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.73" tall
Weight: 1.078
Language: English