Description
Product ID: | 9781138117235 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | Essays in Cognitive Psychology |
Title: | The Psychology of Eyewitness Identification |
Authors: | Author: Andrew D. Cling, Jeffrey S. Neuschatz, James Michael Lampinen |
Page Count: | 346 |
Subjects: | Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints, Psychological theory & schools of thought, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Memory |
Description: | This volume reviews and evaluates the scientific research on the accuracy and reliability of eyewitness identification. The implications of this research for psychological theory and for social and legal policy are explored. the book will appeal to Cognitive Psychologists and those in Legal Studies and Forensics. This volume provides a tutorial review and evaluation of scientific research on the accuracy and reliability of eyewitness identification. The book starts with the perspective that there are a variety of conceptual and empirical problems with eyewitness identification as a form of forensic evidence, just as there are a variety of problems with other forms of forensic evidence. There is then an examination of the important results in the study of eyewitness memory and the implications of this research for psychological theory and for social and legal policy. The volume takes the perspective that research on eyewitness identification can be seen as the paradigmatic example of how psychological science can be successfully applied to real-world problems. |
Imprint Name: | Psychology Press Ltd |
Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2017-06-07 |