Would you confess to a crime you did not commit? Many people would respond instantaneously with a firm, “No.” But they do and often, says Saul Kassin, one of the country’s leading experts on false confessions. “Your belief that you would never confess to a crime you didn’t commit is More
Researchers find that young children aren’t always vulnerable to suggestive false memories and that adults go along with suggestions when they match up with their associations. More
A sample of research articles exploring the role of crowd formation in online ratings and how the composition of police lineups influences eyewitness identification. More
Activities in this unit reveal how eyewitness testimony is subject to unconscious memory distortions and biases even among the most confident of witnesses. More
The same experimental standards that apply to scientific research could also be applied to police lineups to improve the accuracy of eyewitness identifications, says APS James McKeen Cattell Fellow Gary L. Wells More
Eyewitness identification is an important part of criminal investigations, especially in circumstances where physical evidence is lacking. More
