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New Research Shows Children Less Prone to False Memories than Adults, Challenging Assumptions About Eyewitness Testimony.
In the 1980’s, a spate of high profile child abuse convictions gave way to heightened concern about false memory reports given by children. Take, for example, the case of Kelly Michaels, a preschool teacher who
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Facial Composite Systems Falling Short
The mention of facial composites often conjures up images of a sinister criminal, skillfully depicted by a sketch artist using pencil and paper. In reality, the vast majority of law enforcement agencies use mechanized methods
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Courting Research: Psychology and Law Go Hand-in-Hand
Life is full of tough choices. Sell or hold? Left or right? Guilty or not guilty? Every fall, many students around the country face a particularly difficult decision – law school or graduate school? For
