Eyewitness Testimony Research

Eyewitness testimony is the legal term for the account given by people who witnessed a certain event, such as a robbery or road accident. The account requires the witnesses to give a description of the event at hand and the people involved. These testimonys are often used as evidence at trials and they are paid close attention to by juries who generally find these accounts reliable. However, although they are seen as reliable, research has found that psychological factors such as stress and anxiety can affect the reliability of the recall of events.
As expected, witnessing a violent crime or event can cause high levels of anxiety or stress which could affect the accuracy of the recall of events in either a positive or negative way. The Inverted