Eyewitness identification

Justice itself is a complex concept, necessary for the functioning of most modern societies. It establishes a system that ensures individuals are treated impartially, fairly, and equally, upholds moral and legal principles, and establishes and protects the rights of those involved. The definition and interpretation of justice is highly dependent on culture, existing legal systems, and in some cases tradition and religion, however most justice systems are based on several key aspects including…

Photographs of the body are taken, any type of evidence on the body is collected and the identification of the victim needs to be established. Many factors can play a role in the disfigurement of the victims’ physical appearance making ones face unrecognizable. In many cases other methods of identification may be used such as blood work, forms of I.D that contain a name and an address, dental work, help of family members. Mitochondrial DNA - a strain…

Disability is the only minority group in which any person can join at any given time temporarily or permanently. People with disabilities are defined by a combination of cognitive, developmental, emotional, mental, physical, and sensory impairments. Cultural critic, Georgina Kleege, examines blindness and visual culture from a critical disabilities perspective and renowned scholar, Kelly Fritsch, evaluates the visual implications of marking the wheelchair as the International Symbol for Access…

Forensic applies to courts or the judicial system, combine that with science and forensic science mean applying scientific methods and processes to solving crime. Forensic Science deals with the application of the knowledge and methodology of various disciplines of science to legal matters. It involves the use of multiple disciplines such as physics, chemistry, biology, computer science and engineering for evidence analysis. For instance, physics is used to understand the pattern of a blood…

it is a coping mechanism, and or a recitation of eyewitness accounts of historical events. In a time-period where products of intellectual property were illegalised, Offred offers a voice (in everyday detail) of the effects of political shift (from ‘freedom to’ to ‘freedom from’) on victims of marginalisation (namely females, homosexuals, underground and non-fundamentalist…

necessary things in law, such as rape kits and gel electrophoresis testing. 30 states now have post-exoneration compensation for he wrongly convicted, 50 have statutory access to post-conviction testing, 15 have implemented comprehensive eyewitness identification reform, and 23 have record interrogations statewide along with robust preservation biological evidence laws. Theses laws have been implanted after wrongful conviction exonerations soared thanks to the Innocence Project. 14 years in…

Loftus, E., & Palmer, J. (1974). Reconstruction of automobile destruction: An example of the interaction between language and memory. Journal Of Verbal Learning And Verbal Behavior, 13, 585-589. The article “Reconstruction of automobile destruction: An example of the interaction between language and memory” by Elizabeth F. Loftus and John C. Palmer was to investigate whether different verbs used to describe an automobile accidents would alter participants’ memory remembering the…

Implications from wrongful convictions cause greater harm among the society in which the offense happened. Law enforcement and criminal justice agencies suffer burdens of errors with correcting errors that were caused toward the legal processes. Wrongful convictions according to Mark Handler are the most serious of all miscarriages of justice. (p. 30) Due to the fact that individuals should not be put through the complications of being incarcerated for crimes they did not commit. Such an action…

The idea that the purpose of a text, or representational medium, enables a deeper understanding rather than an ultimate truth is highly reflected in Mark Baker’s 1997 biographical novel The Fiftieth Gate and Roman Polanski’s 2002 autobiography-adapted film The Pianist. Both texts explore how the objective of history and memory focuses on the interaction between these two notions and their limitations rather than the ultimate truth. The deeper understanding gained of these two texts have shown…

make interviews with witnesses extensive, asking open-ended questions, leaving more space for thorough responses. The more details witnesses supply officers with, the easier it makes it to catch the perpetrator. There are three types of witnesses, eyewitness, expert witness, and character witness. Eyewitnesses are people who personally saw an incident occur. Expert witnesses are people who are called to the case for knowledge, which is outside the area of expertise of the officers, such as a…