Numerous factors affect the validity and reliability of eyewitness - TopicsExpress



          

Numerous factors affect the validity and reliability of eyewitness identification of suspects - drug use, cognitive functioning, perceptual abilities, length of time actually saw suspect, and lighting of the location (to name a few). This is quite concerning, especially considering that witness misidentification tends to be an enormous contributor to wrongful convictions. (There is ever growing research being published in regard to eyewitness identification and testimony.)
Posted on: Fri, 02 Aug 2013 10:11:20 +0000

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