APS
30th APS Annual Convention · 2018
A Bias Blindspot for Witnessing Crimes Live and Via Camera Footage
- Kristyn Jones
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY - William Crozier
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY - Deryn Strange
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY
Abstract
What do people think about their ability to objectively witness a crime? Our findings demonstrate that people exhibit a bias blindspot, believing that they would be more objective witnesses than other laypeople but not police. Moreover, people are confident in their abilities to view footage of recorded crimes accurately.
Bias