Eyewitness testimony: Misleading informations

Post-event discussion (PED)

Memory contamination

• When co-witnesses discuss a crime the mix information, however this information could be different from the different perspectives or maybe it could be exxagerated this leads to both witnesses exchanging and presenting incorrect information.

Memory conformity

• A witness could have misjudged a situation and began to exagerate or under-exagerate, however because sometimes people desire to seek social approval and so will not confront them on it, instead they may actually go along with them. This may be able to be reduced…