Identifying the Culprit: Assessing Eyewitness Identification
2014

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Identifying the Culprit: Assessing Eyewitness Identification makes the case that better data collection and research on eyewitness identification, new law enforcement training protocols, standardized procedures for administering line-ups, and improvements in the handling of eyewitness identification in court can increase the chances that accurate identifications are made. This report explains the science that has emerged during the past 30 years on eyewitness identifications and identifies best practices in eyewitness procedures for the law enforcement community and in the presentation of eyewitness evidence in the courtroom. In order to continue the advancement of eyewitness identification research, the report recommends a focused research agenda.

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170 pages · 6 x 9 · paperback
ISBN Paperback: 0-309-31059-8
ISBN Ebook: 0-309-31060-1
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/18891

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National Research Council. 2014. Identifying the Culprit: Assessing Eyewitness Identification. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.

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Front Matter i-xvi
Summary 1-8
1 Introduction 9-20
2 Eyewitness Identification Procedures 21-30
3 The Legal Framework for Assessment of Eyewitness Identification Evidence 31-44
4 Basic Research on Vision and Memory 45-70
5 Applied Eyewitness Identification Research 71-102
6 Findings and Recommendations 103-120
Appendixes 121-122
Appendix A: Biographical Information of Committee and Staff 123-132
Appendix B: Committee Meeting Agendas 133-138
Appendix C: Consideration of Uncertainty in Data on the Confidence-Accuracy Relationship and the Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) Curve 139-154

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