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Criminal Psychology

Criminal Psychology. Chapter 10 Eyewitness Testimony Talbot Kellogg Community College. The Importance of Eyewitnesses. What makes it important? What makes a good witness? Race Gender Age Availability to testify Ability to testify Witnesses’ assertion of good memory. Memory

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Criminal Psychology

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  1. Criminal Psychology Chapter 10 Eyewitness Testimony Talbot Kellogg Community College

  2. The Importance of Eyewitnesses • What makes it important? • What makes a good witness? • Race • Gender • Age • Availability to testify • Ability to testify • Witnesses’ assertion of good memory

  3. Memory Memory Consolidation Priming Constructive Processing Misinformation Effect Redintegration Problems in Eyewitness Testimony(Visual Memory)

  4. The role of the Psychologist • Applied Researcher/ Expert witness • System variables – • Estimator variables – • Trainer/ Educator to the Criminal Justice System • Police Consultant

  5. Problematic Procedures • 5 Problems.

  6. Questioning Witnesses (Information Generation) • Problems • The Goals of Law-enforcement.

  7. How to Improve Memory

  8. Use of Lineups/ Photo arrays • Suspect identification • Identity Parade • Photo Spread • Benefits of Identity Parade • Benefits of the Photo Spread

  9. Common Errors

  10. Proper Procedural Rules Double - _________ Witnesses should be told that it is possible that the true perpetrator may ___________ and that the officer ___________ who the suspect might be. The suspect should not ______________. A clear statement should be taken from the ___________ at the time of the identification. Provide views of different suspects __________rather than _____________.

  11. Expert Witness – What is reliable enough to testify about? Box 10-4

  12. Steps in the evaluative process • FBI’s Facial Identification Catalogue • Identikit • Holistic Process –

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