Witness protection

When one thinks of memory, they usually think of past events that happened or something that they had learned. Although one can recall certain memories, can they recall every single detail? This semester, we were asked to recall the events of a day that happened six weeks prior to the beginning of class. While some students could explain some details of what they had done that day, not all could be certain. Details may not seem to be that important when telling a story from a childhood…

1. The strongest empirically supportable claim that I can make for the significance of race/ethnicity in criminal justice proceedings is that there exists a “racial empathy gap.” Recent studies have shown that both blacks and whites hold an “empathy gap” towards blacks that can influence the punishments minorities receive in schools and within the United States criminal system. To begin, there must be an examination of what this “racial empathy gap” is. What multiple studies have shown is that…

years later that the DNA matched with a person named Bobby Poole instead of Cotton. This explained that no matter how confident a person is, memory can still be shown as inaccurate. According to (Wells et al., 2007). Did many studies that show when a witness has picked out a suspect and then gets feedback back it can change the confidence of the person. Positive feedback has its pros and cons it can lead witnesses thinking the view of the suspect they got is better than it really is. This also…

Review A Confidence-Credibility Model of Expert Witness Persuasion In this study, Cramer, Decoster, Harris, Fletcher, and Brodsky (2011) propose that the extent of the persuasion power of expert witness is related to how credible and confident they appear. In other words, credibility and confidence of the expert witness influences their power of persuasion.…

advantage as a result full and adequate disclosure is of utmost importance. Inadequate disclosure is often regarded as more of a procedural failing, not directly influencing the outcome of the trial, however when it involves the credibility of a witness and their testimony it runs the risk of an unfair trial considerably (Macfarlane, 2006). Likewise in this case, the prosecution failed to disclose prior to the verdict that Mr King had indictable offence charges pending and police had agreed to…

I. Research Question: Laura Smalarz and Gary L. Wells conducted a study, Post-Identification Feedback to Eyewitnesses Impairs Evaluators’ Abilities to Discriminate between Accurate and Mistaken Testimony. The main research question in this study was whether feedback interferes with evaluators’ abilities to discriminate between accurate and mistaken identification testimony. This study is interesting because many people have been wrongfully convicted because of mistaken eyewitness testimonies.…

As I stepped foot into the classroom for the first time, I brought with me biases and assumptions. Based on the child selection and first impressions, I immediately jumped to the conclusion that she was a “good kid” and would follow the rules. I viewed her as a role model for the other students since she was exemplifying the behavior the teacher was looking for and rewarding. I equivocated her good grades, not causing trouble, and being compliant with “well behaved” and being a “good” child. I…

of many characters, the novel illustrates the manner in which emotions, varying relationships, and underlying racism can affect one’s judgment or perception of such an occurrence they are bearing witness to. These variables are also shown to affect the perceptions of people who did not directly witness the incident, but are impacted…

My cousin Vinny is a film about two best friends, Bill Gambini and Stanley Rothenstein, whom have just being awarded scholarships to UCLA. Before the semester starts the boys decide that they want to drive through the south, once they arrived in Alabama they decide to stop at a convenience store to pick up some snacks. Not soon after they check out and leave the store they are pulled over and arrested for what they believe is shoplifting, however; eventually when they are at the police station…

When it comes to crime scene investigation, a thorough preliminary investigation is usually required, the reason being to end up with a follow-up investigation. Preliminary investigations seldom provide a sufficient amount of information to arraign a criminal case, consequently the necessity of a thorough preliminary investigation is imperative. Crime scene investigators apprehend that in order to continue with their investigation and to legitimately prosecute a criminal case, evidence that is…