Forensic identification

Based off of conducted research, eyewitness memory used in testimonies is one of the most persuasive forms of evidence that is presented in court, but the facts are rather doubtful. Mistaken eyewitness evidence can lead to illegal conviction, imprisoning people for a period of time even to death penalty, for crimes they did not commit. According to the article, Eyewitness Testimony and Memory Biases, “faulty eyewitness testimony has been implicated in at least 75% of DNA exoneration cases-more…

Identification decisions are formulated not only by the quality of the witness’s memory, but also by social perception. Other variables that moderate eyewitness memory can be categorized as commonplace variables, however others are specific biases based on the suspect’s characteristics (Brewer & Wells, 2011). Since the advent of DNA testing, 258 people convicted by juries in the United States have been released, with approximately 200 of these cases being the result of mistaken eyewitness…

Eyewitness testimony is an account given by people of an event they have witnessed. It is the least reliable yet most relied on source of information that juries use. Even though eyewitness testimonies are generally unreliable, they do have a long history and are still used in court as official evidence; they also provide detailed insight to an event or incident with can help in investigations. Eyewitness testimony can help identify the possible suspects, especially when there is no video or…

One common cognitive process is memory. However, how reliable is memory specifically eye witness testimonies? Eye witness testimony has been the bases of many research studies, an eye witness is someone who give their account of an event that they has witnessed. Eye witness testimonies are widely used in court as a means of evidence, making it crucial that the witness has a reliable memory. Eye witness testimonies use to be a very damning piece of evidence. As time went on and as more research…

A pool of statements concerning eyewitness identification issues, including statements used by Kassin et al. Loftus , was generated. From this initial pool a multiple choice questionnaire was developed. The eyewitnesses topics selected for inclusion were based on ratings of reliability supplied in the Kassin et al. "Do you think this phenomenon is reliable enough for psychologists to present in courtroom testimony?" Topics with levels of agreement among experts below 90% with respect to…

The reliability of eye witness now became an object of investigations. The reason of that is that there have been a lot of cases when it was suggested to be not really trustworthy. Therefore, the process of fair criminal justice with credible conclusions is a thing to which there has to be dedicated and paid more attention because of the number of proofs that claim the infidelity of such evidences. The human memory has the ability to remember events to acceptable levels only that it has to be…

how often mistakes are made with eyewitness identifications. In actual police lineups, eyewitness accounts are relied upon in our criminal justice system as a key tool to identify, convict, and charge individuals. The hope is that these identifications are accurate. Eyewitness identifications have been shown to sometimes be inaccurate (Ross, Read, & Togolia, 1994). As the use of DNA evidence has progressed, studies have shown that eyewitness identifications are often incorrect, thus innocent…

Should the security of our nation outweigh individual freedoms? America wants to use all of its resources to help fight the war on terror, and has all rights to do so. The security of our nation being a issue because our leaders want to keep america safe and free from foreign invasion. Because of the 9/11 attacks on american soil, we have taken all measures to prevent another incident from occurring by using simple, accessible powers the government has. The government wants to closely watch…

As stated in Psychology, a definition of eyewitness testimony would be "a legal term that essentially describes when a witness or victim is recounting their firsthand experience to another person or to a court" (Psychology Glossary,2017). Eyewitness testimonies are reliable, mainly in court hearings full of eyewitnesses who might have seen an incident happening. However, eyewitness testimony is hard to believe because although a person's memory is quite incredible, it is also imperfect. Our…

eyewitness identification has been acknowledged for a while now. It is known for its stubborn suggestion to inaccuracy and sensitivity. Recognizing unfamiliar faces is actually what eyewitness identification is all about. A person as the eyewitness should remember factors of intrinsic, (built-in) and extrinsic (outward) memory; which is the procedure for their memory, on the contrary it can be misleading evidence. Lineups are part of an identification process and based on an eyewitness…