Identification

Sex Identification In regards to the human os coxae, Bruzek et al. worked to develop a new tool for sex estimation based on the measurements (Bruzek 2017). They used a database of known sex subjects to develop the Diagnose Sexuelle Probabiliste v2 (Bruzek 2017). The combination of different dimensions can be used to determine likely sex, and as dimensions are added the likelihood increases to higher that 90% (Bruzek 2017). This method used ten metric variables in order to identify the likely…

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…

Eyewitness testimony is the examination of how precisely an individual might analysis critical occasions that they have visually perceived happening. In the situation of an individual optically discerning a crime, it’s extremely vital that the promulgation they give of data is accurate, as in a court their proof will impact jurors’ decisions (Green et al, 2009). By considering witness testimony, therapists have possessed the capacity to see the reasons for erroneous reports made by witnesses;…

The field of forensic science seems like a captivating world. It is known that forensic scientists assist law enforcement agencies by collecting and analyzing the evidence of a crime scene. Most of the time, this is all a person knows by watching television shows, such as “NCIS.” There are many misconceptions of a forensic scientist created by television shows. Sometimes these misconceptions make forensic science look glamorous. The issue is that this is how it happens on television and in…

Suggestibility, as it pertains to memory, is a person’s unknown tendency to incorporate incorrect or misleading information into his or her own personal recollection of an event. Some contest that suggestion is a subset of misattribution, but this is not this case. Misattribution can occur without the presence of overt suggestion; this is not the case for suggestion. This finding places suggestion and its effects in a distinct class of its own. While the power of suggestion can be hard to…

After watching the videos supplied, there are valuable lessons and techniques that are learned about questioning eye witnesses. Learning about the specific questions to ask an eye witness can be a curtail asset to an investigation. When someone witnesses a crime for the fist time, it can be shocking on that person. What they have seen and what they believe they saw can be totally different. In the interview stage with that witness, I learned that is is sometimes important to being with open…

Eyewitness testimony is where a witness will tell the jury what he or she has seen. This information is crucial because it can help the legal system identify the criminals quicker. The problem of eyewitness testimony is how the accuracy is not nearly one hundred percent. This causes problems because people can think they saw something or someone, when they actually saw something else. Their mind is tricking them because they thought of the thing closest to the actual thing. A hair dryer can look…

. What are the implications of false or misidentification in the courtroom? An eyewitness picks the person that most resembles the criminal in a line up or pictures which may not be them. Sometimes the criminal that did the act, isn't even in the line up giving the eyewitness. This makes it very hard to identify the right man. This causes misidentification and in a courthouse could potentially put the wrong person in jail. Bobby Pool and Ronald Cotton have similar facial features. They both…

Changes in the Accuracy of Witness’ Testimonies Introduction Based on information gathered after an event, memory of said event (while this is applicable to just about any event in everyday life, the focus in this case is a crime) almost always differs from person to person based on differing perspectives, confidence levels, and unconscious reconstruction of the memory. In this report, reasoning as to why errors are made when eyewitnesses recall how a crime happened and possibly the…

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…