Witness testimony : psychological, investigative and evidential perspectives /

Witness testimony : psychological, investigative and evidential perspectives / edited by Anthony Heaton-Armstrong [and others]. - xlvii, 449 pages ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

General review of the psychology of witness testimony / Detecting deception in legal contexts / The effect of learning disabilities on witness testimony / The psychological vulnerabilities of witnesses and the risk of false accusations and false confessions / Effects of drugs on witness memory / Recovered memory and false memory / Crime-related amnesia / 'Have you told management about this?' : bringing witness interviewing into the twenty-first century / Investigative interviewing with children : progress and pitfalls / Obtaining, recording and admissibility of out-of-court witness statements / Oral confessions to non-investigator witnesses / Interpreters and translators in the criminal legal process / Witnesses who use British sign language / Investigative and evidential applications of forensic speech science / Identifying the origins of evidential texts / Forensic facial identification / Improving visual identification procedures under PACE code D / Assessing contentious eyewitness evidence : a judicial view / Judging eyewitnesses, confessions, informants and alibis : what is wrong with juries and can they do better? / Oral testimony from the witness's perspective - psychological and forensic considerations / Disclosure of unused material by prosecution authorities and third parties / The admissibility of expert evidence / Judicial training / Elizabeth F. Loftus, David Wolchover and Douglas Page -- Alden Vrij -- Glynis H. Murphy and Isabel C. H. Clare -- Gisli H. Gudjonson -- H. Valerie Curran -- Chris R. Brewin -- Sven A. Christianson, Harald Merckelbach and Michael Kopelman -- Eric Shepherd and Rebecca Milne -- Graham Davies and Helen Westcott -- Anthony Heaton-Armstrong, David Wolchover and Annabel Maxwell-Scott -- David Wolchover and Anthony Heaton-Armstrong -- Ann Corsellis and Amanda Clement -- Jim Kyle -- Peter French and Philip Harrison -- Tim Grant -- Tim Valentine -- David Wolchover and Anthony Heaton-Armstrong -- Tom Bingham -- Saul Kassin -- Peter Dunn and Eric Shepherd -- Anthony Heaton-Armstrong, David Corker and David Wolchover -- David Ormerod and Andrew Roberts -- William Young and Sam Katkhuda. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23.

"This book provides a comprehensive and easily accessible guide to the decision-making and actions of the complete spectrum of practitioner involvement in the criminal justice process, right from initial investigation through to court-room proceedings."--Publisher description.

0199278091 9780199278091

2007273714


Witnesses

K2271 / .W58 2006

347.075

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