作者: Margaret Bull Kovera , Jacqueline L. Austin
DOI: 10.1002/9781118625392.WBECP420
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摘要: Eyewitnesses have a profound impact on jury verdicts. Although the testimony that eyewitnesses provide can be powerful, their identifications inaccurate, and such mistakes contribute to wrongful convictions. Two categories of variable affect accuracy eyewitness identifications: estimator system variables. Estimator variables include characteristics witness, perpetrator, or witnessing conditions are not under control criminal justice system. System investigation may controlled by This entry reviews empirical evidence effects both accuracy. Keywords: eyewitnesses; lineup administration; social influence; witness memory; wrongful convictions; eyewitness testimony; memory