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Eyewitness Testimony

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Description for Eyewitness Testimony Paperback. This work makes the psychological case against the reliability of the eyewitness. It looks at the factors that can intervene and create inaccurate testimony, and illustrates how memory can be radically altered by the way in which a witness is questioned. Num Pages: 272 pages, 13 tables, 18 line illustrations, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JMRM; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 470.

Every year hundreds of defendants are convicted on little more than the say-so of a fellow citizen. Although psychologists have suspected for decades that an eyewitness can be highly unreliable, new evidence leaves no doubt that juries vastly overestimate the credibility of eyewitness accounts. It is a problem that the courts have yet to solve or face squarely.

In Eyewitness Testimony, Elizabeth Loftus makes the psychological case against the eyewitness. Beginning with the basics of eyewitness fallibility, such as poor viewing conditions, brief exposure, and stress, Loftus moves to more subtle factors, such as expectations, biases, and personal stereotypes, ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
Weight
470g
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674287778
SKU
V9780674287778
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About Elizabeth F. Loftus
Elizabeth F. Loftus is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Psychology and Social Behavior at the University of California, Irvine.

Reviews for Eyewitness Testimony
An important book about a critical question.
New York Times Book Review
Loftus is a quiet, sincere, and reliable guide to this important research and its applications.
Times Higher Education Supplement

Goodreads reviews for Eyewitness Testimony


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