Police lineup

this paper. The more effective that police can make gathering this evidence, the more accurate offenders will be put in jail. This benefits not only this country, but society as a whole. The human mind works in such intricate ways that research is just starting to fully figure out now how to let it function at its best quality especially for recalling…

Ronald Cotton from a photo lineup and then a live lineup as her assailant. Jennifer had earlier assisted police with an Identi-Kit composite sketch that she had felt was not quite accurate but was put out to the public through local news channels to help identify any possible suspects. Ronald Cotton was a name given to police as a possibility. Her perspective of the identification process is one of self- pressure to choose the right suspect; and the trust that the police had the right suspect.…

On July 10, 2017, Police Officer Carlus Ingram, DSN 7956 and I (Probationary Police Officer James Harris III, DSN 0513) manning vehicle 2322 received a non-emergency call for a prior “Disturbance” at 2009 Hebert Street (White Castel Restaurant). Upon arrival, we were met by victim Manager Florence Jones who advised us of the following: Jones stated she was working the front counter cash register at the mention location on 7/09/17. Jones said at approximately 5:20pm, while taking an order of male…

Even things that a police officer does can effect the memory of a witness. The way a police officer handles a witness can affect the way their memory or the outcome of the identity of the suspect. In the Anderson case, police failed to conduct a proper photo spread lineup. As Clare (2012) stated all the photos should have similar lighting, size and shades of color (para. 1). In the Anderson case the photos were not similar, the majority were black and white. The man who was arrested, his photo…

commit. Through the use of photographs and lineups during a criminal investigation, police officers and other interested parties are able to gain a better understanding of who may have convicted a crime, however the psychology behind false identifications has a number of different variables including environmental conditions and stress levels during the crime and potential bias or suggestibility…

highest speed, while the group that received contacted estimated the lowest. Their experiment concluded that leading questions has a significant effect on an eyewitness’ memory of the event. Thus, it is evident that the language used by police in interview or lineup settings can have an effect on the memory the eyewitness has of the…

can happen even in our day to day lives but when it is in the legal system it can be very dangerous to the person that is in the hot seat. Confirmation bias can lead to things such as a false confession or a wrong eyewitness identification. If the police officer thinks the suspect is guilty even before conducting the interview process, they will most likely seek information that is incriminating towards the suspect (Hill, McGeorge, & Memon,…

In Antonio Beaver, I think his wrongful conviction was most common in that time of period. This is the same as Ronald Cotton whom also was convicted and sentenced for a case of raping a white woman. One of the factors of mismatching the perpetrator is the memory. Memory is not always recalling everything that passed our eyes. Cross-racial identification bias is that people tend to apply more lenient criteria of a different race or ethnicity. In the book, the said that the higher rate of false…

home in Detroit, Michigan while playing with her seven month old son. She described her assailant as a thin black man between the ages of 15 and 18. She stated to detective Janice Nobliski, that the man was clean shaven with braids in his hair. When police arrived at her house, they collected the robe she was wearing and the sheet from her bed. She was also taken to the hospital where a rape kit was done on her. At the time the crime was committed, Walter Swift had side burns, a mustache, a…

the field. This important because eyewitness identification by way of lineups is a key method used in the criminal justice system to identify perpetrator and there it is important how to ensure optimal accuracy and minimum suggestibility. The process of conducting lineups has been likened to an experiment and similar to an experiment biases can be created during the lineup procedure. In field and lab research,…