Psychological scientists and criminologists say our system of jurisprudence needs a simple no-cost reform -- switch to testing eyewitnesses for their memory of suspects only once. We all know the ...

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. Through such scientific research, we have learned that many factors influence the ...

TRENTON - Citing the vagaries of human memory, the New Jersey State Supreme court Wednesday required major changes in the way trial judges and juries consider eyewitness identification of suspects in ...

Eyewitnesses make mistakes. Our understanding of how to improve the accuracy of eyewitness identifications is imperfect and evolving. In the previous chapters, we described law enforcement procedures ...