Ronald Cotton - Eyewitness Testimony Jennifer Thomas‚ a 22-year old college student from Burlington‚ North Carolina‚ was raped in her off-campus apartment on July 28‚ 1984. During the assault‚ Jennifer studied her rapist’s face and other characteristics in the case that she made it out alive. Thomas was able to escape and ran to a police station and with the help of a detective‚ she was able to make a composite sketch of the perpetrator. The rapist also managed to rape another woman a few blocks
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EOutline and Evaluate Factors Influencing Eye Witness Testimony The term ‘eye witness testimony’ refers to an area of research into the accuracy of memory concerning significant events‚ it is legally considered to be a reliable account of events. However‚ research into eye witness testimony has found that it can be affected by many psychological factors such as‚ anxiety and stress‚ reconstructive memory‚ selective attention and leading questions. Anxiety and stress can be associated with many
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Eyewitness testimonies are considered unreliable and were neglected for helping gather evidence in Steven Truscotts case. There are two witnesses that provided evidence that indicates that a car could have been present where Lynn Harper was rapped. George Edens found Lynn Haper’s body and said you could see car skid marks. Bob Lawson said he saw a car parked near spot but he had never seen a car there before. This all corresponds with Steven Truscotts statement that he left Lynn Harper near highway
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Running head: Eyewitness Testimony 1 The Effect of Cross-Examination on Eyewitness Testimony Abstracts Cross-examination increases the likelihood of eyewitness error. Preceding research indicates that while being cross-examined children alter a lot of their originally correct responses. An experiment conducted by Maras & Valentine (2011) describes in which the result of cross-examination on accurateness of adult eyewitness testimony was explored
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An eyewitness testimony is simply‚ an account given by person or persons of an event that they witnessed. An example of this would be a witness giving a description on the stand at trial of a gas station robbery. The witness would recall the events that they saw take place‚ people they saw at the crime scene‚ and the perpetrators. Eyewitness testimonies have become an important area in human memory‚ and cognitive psychology. If a witness is asked to take the stand at a trial‚ the juries are known
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Outline and evaluate research into the effects of anxiety on the accuracy of eye witness testimony. Eye witness testimonies are the evidence given in court or in police investigation by someone who has witnessed a crime or an accident. Eye witness testimonies are affected by a number of factors‚ but the one that I am going to focus on is anxiety. Laboratory studies and some ‘real life’ studies have generally shown impaired recall in people who have witnessed particularly distressing or anxiety
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justice system‚ eyewitness testimony is one of the most commonly used pieces of evidence by a jury. It plays a crucial role in criminal court casesas it is relied on heavily for investigating and prosecuting crimes. Eyewitness testimony refers to an account given by a person of an event they have witnessed (McLeod‚ 2009).Whether a person is convicted of a crime or not can ultimately depend on how reliable a person’s recollection of a crime is. When correct‚ eye witness testimony can be helpful in
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Techniques for Improving Eyewitness Testimony: The Cognitive Interview An eyewitness is somebody who sees an act‚ occurrence or happening and can give a firsthand account of the event. The police often rely on such people to provide accurate recollections of these situations in order to aid in their investigations. Research has shown however‚ that eyewitness testimony can be inaccurate and unreliable. It is absolutely crucial that eyewitness testimony be as accurate as possible‚ as there have been
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Steve Titus’s circumstances illustrates the dangers of source confusion during eyewitness testimonies. Source confusion occurs when the context and details of a stimulus are misremembered or confused with another stimulus‚ which may only appear familiar. In this case‚ Titus resembled a rapist who was wanted‚ as well as his car was similar to the rapist’s car. When Titus was shown in a lineup‚ he was picked out as the offender. This situation shows that people are capable of having no source memory
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Outline and evaluate research into how anxiety affects eye witness testimony Eye witness testimonies are accounts from witnesses to a crime or accident given as evidence in a court or to the police. Research into eye witness testimonies being affected by anxiety is mixed and It is believed that eye witness testimony is most accurate when the anxiety level is somewhere in between low and high anxiety. There is evidence to support that anxiety helps eye witness testimony. Yuille and Cutshall interviewed
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