Conducting an Eyewitness Lineup: How the Research Got It Wrong

摘要: Abstract A set of reforms proposed in 1999 directed the police how to conduct an eyewitness lineup. The promise these system variable was that they would enhance accuracy. However, promising initial evidence support this claim failed materialize; at best, make more conservative. chapter begins by reviewing supporting move description-matched filler selection, unbiased instructions, sequential presentation, and discounting confidence judgments. We next describe four reasons why field reached incorrect conclusions regarding reforms. These include a failure appreciate distinction between discriminability response bias, reliance on summary measures performance conflate bias or mask relationship accuracy, distorting role relative judgment theory. are then reevaluated light factors recent empirical data. conclude calling for theory-driven approach developing evaluating generation