INTRODUCTION
Eyewitness testimony, which depends on the precision of human memory, enormously affects the result of a trail. For instance, In 1984, American College Student Jennifer Thompson was assaulted at knifepoint by a man who burst into her dorm. Amid her difficulty, Jennifer focused on everything about her aggressor so she could later precisely identify him. Soon thereafter, she worked with law enforcement to make a precise representation out of an attacker. A couple days after the fact she recognized Ronald Cotton as the attacker and chose him from an identity parade. On the premise of her eyewitness testimony was cotton was sent to prison. In 1995, subsequent to serving 11 years in Prison, DNA Evidence demonstrated that Ronald cotton …show more content…
Eyewitness misidentification is the greatest contributing factor to wrongful convictions proven by DNA testing, playing a role in more than 70% of convictions overturned through DNA testing Nationwide. One of the primary reasons that eyewitness error is the main source of wrongful convictions is on the grounds that it is a standout amongst the most effective sorts of proof that can be introduced against a criminal Defendant.
Biological aspects of eyewitness testimonies
Factors such as Age, sex, or race could be considered biological.The ability to recognize unfamiliar faces increases from childhood to Adolescence grows exponentially, but there is a sharp decline in the individual's ability to recognize faces when the individual turns 50 (Cutler & Penrod, 1995). The elderly can have less precise eyewitness testimonies,which is the reason it's critical to inspect age-related disparities. In (Searcy, et al., 1999), participants ranging from 18-64 were asked to view a crime video, and then they were told to pick a perpetrator from a Identity parade. The older participants made false choices of the lineup than did the younger participants. The studies on …show more content…
The sex bias is the belief that people can recall faces that are in their sexual orientation faster and more easily than that of the opposite sex (Shaw & Skolnick, 1994). One of the studies done almost three years after shaw & Scholnick contradicts their findings that sexual Orientation affects eyewitness testimony. (Yarmey & Yarmey 1997.) found that Men and women showed similar performance on most characteristics, but men were more confident in their responses. However, studies show women are more skilled in particular areas than me. (Yarmey and Kent 1980) found that women were more accurate than men in identifying a female bystander in a crime than men, but not the male culprit. These studies show that females recall other females face more correctly than men and men tend to recall other men faces more accurately than
Eyewitness testimony, which depends on the precision of human memory, enormously affects the result of a trail. For instance, In 1984, American College Student Jennifer Thompson was assaulted at knifepoint by a man who burst into her dorm. Amid her difficulty, Jennifer focused on everything about her aggressor so she could later precisely identify him. Soon thereafter, she worked with law enforcement to make a precise representation out of an attacker. A couple days after the fact she recognized Ronald Cotton as the attacker and chose him from an identity parade. On the premise of her eyewitness testimony was cotton was sent to prison. In 1995, subsequent to serving 11 years in Prison, DNA Evidence demonstrated that Ronald cotton …show more content…
Eyewitness misidentification is the greatest contributing factor to wrongful convictions proven by DNA testing, playing a role in more than 70% of convictions overturned through DNA testing Nationwide. One of the primary reasons that eyewitness error is the main source of wrongful convictions is on the grounds that it is a standout amongst the most effective sorts of proof that can be introduced against a criminal Defendant.
Biological aspects of eyewitness testimonies
Factors such as Age, sex, or race could be considered biological.The ability to recognize unfamiliar faces increases from childhood to Adolescence grows exponentially, but there is a sharp decline in the individual's ability to recognize faces when the individual turns 50 (Cutler & Penrod, 1995). The elderly can have less precise eyewitness testimonies,which is the reason it's critical to inspect age-related disparities. In (Searcy, et al., 1999), participants ranging from 18-64 were asked to view a crime video, and then they were told to pick a perpetrator from a Identity parade. The older participants made false choices of the lineup than did the younger participants. The studies on …show more content…
The sex bias is the belief that people can recall faces that are in their sexual orientation faster and more easily than that of the opposite sex (Shaw & Skolnick, 1994). One of the studies done almost three years after shaw & Scholnick contradicts their findings that sexual Orientation affects eyewitness testimony. (Yarmey & Yarmey 1997.) found that Men and women showed similar performance on most characteristics, but men were more confident in their responses. However, studies show women are more skilled in particular areas than me. (Yarmey and Kent 1980) found that women were more accurate than men in identifying a female bystander in a crime than men, but not the male culprit. These studies show that females recall other females face more correctly than men and men tend to recall other men faces more accurately than