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Witness testimony : psychological, investigative and evidential perspectives / edited by Anthony Heaton-Armstrong [and others].

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006Description: xlvii, 449 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0199278091
  • 9780199278091
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 347.075 22
LOC classification:
  • K2271 .W58 2006
Online resources:
Contents:
1. General review of the psychology of witness testimony / Elizabeth F. Loftus, David Wolchover and Douglas Page -- 2. Detecting deception in legal contexts / Alden Vrij -- 3. The effect of learning disabilities on witness testimony / Glynis H. Murphy and Isabel C. H. Clare -- 4. The psychological vulnerabilities of witnesses and the risk of false accusations and false confessions / Gisli H. Gudjonson -- 5. Effects of drugs on witness memory / H. Valerie Curran -- 6. Recovered memory and false memory / Chris R. Brewin -- 7. Crime-related amnesia / Sven A. Christianson, Harald Merckelbach and Michael Kopelman -- 8. 'Have you told management about this?' : bringing witness interviewing into the twenty-first century / Eric Shepherd and Rebecca Milne -- 9. Investigative interviewing with children : progress and pitfalls / Graham Davies and Helen Westcott -- 10. Obtaining, recording and admissibility of out-of-court witness statements / Anthony Heaton-Armstrong, David Wolchover and Annabel Maxwell-Scott -- 11. Oral confessions to non-investigator witnesses / David Wolchover and Anthony Heaton-Armstrong -- 12. Interpreters and translators in the criminal legal process / Ann Corsellis and Amanda Clement -- 13. Witnesses who use British sign language / Jim Kyle -- 14. Investigative and evidential applications of forensic speech science / Peter French and Philip Harrison -- 15. Identifying the origins of evidential texts / Tim Grant -- 16. Forensic facial identification / Tim Valentine -- 17. Improving visual identification procedures under PACE code D / David Wolchover and Anthony Heaton-Armstrong -- 18. Assessing contentious eyewitness evidence : a judicial view / Tom Bingham -- 19. Judging eyewitnesses, confessions, informants and alibis : what is wrong with juries and can they do better? / Saul Kassin -- 20. Oral testimony from the witness's perspective - psychological and forensic considerations / Peter Dunn and Eric Shepherd -- 21. Disclosure of unused material by prosecution authorities and third parties / Anthony Heaton-Armstrong, David Corker and David Wolchover -- 22. The admissibility of expert evidence / David Ormerod and Andrew Roberts -- 23. Judicial training / William Young and Sam Katkhuda.
Summary: "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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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

"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.

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