Actual victims and witnesses to robbery and fraud: An archival analysis

摘要: Although there are some exceptions (for example, Cutshall & Yuille, 1989; Fisher, Geiselman, Amador, Read, Tollestrup, Hammersley, McFadzen, Christensen, 1990; Sporer, 1992; Yuille Cutshall, 1986) most of the research in field eyewitness memory has been laboratory based. This overreliance on left open to challenges external validity McCloskey Egeth, 1983; McKenna, Treadway, McCloskey, Wells, 1991) and led recognition a need for more diverse methods learning about Davies, 1991). In response this deficit diversity, chapter reports results an inquiry into actual police case files. We realize that file lacks experimental control studies. Our data from files, however, represent degree realism range variables impossible simulate setting. able provide information number important topics such as characteristics eyewitnesses, amount detail eyewitnesses’ descriptions suspects, accuracy these descriptions, types identification tasks employed, prevalence identification, weapon focus effect. believe discrepancies similarities between our will be informative serve point out instances when conducted one context can apply another. The customarily cast eyewitnesses uniform role (Yuille press).