Is EWT Reliable - Outline
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- Created on: 29-12-15 23:30
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- Is Eye Witness Testimony Reliable? - Outline
- Debate whether it is reliable or not
- Issue because people are wrongly convicted
- E.g. Jean Charles Merendez
- E.g. Beth Rutherford - wrongly accused father of ****
- Issue because people are wrongly convicted
- Weapon Focus
- Focus on weapon during incident rather than perpetrator
- Leading Questions
- Questions encouraging witness to answer in a certain way
- Functional Size
- Number in line-up that resemble suspect. more accurate, less people
- Cross-Racial Identification
- Ability to more accurately identify someone from own race
- Schemas
- Mental representation we have of things in the world
- Cues
- Triggers for memories available for recall. could be context or state dependent
- Debate whether it is reliable or not
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