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Witness Interview Techniques

Source: The Futurist, Dec 1998 v32 i9 p14(2).

Title: Witnesses: a weak link in the judicial system.(testimoniesduring criminal trials)
Author: Dan Johnson

Abstract: The American Psychological Assn has found evidence that eyewitness testimonies are not reliable sources of information during criminal trials.
Studies reveal that eyewitness get influenced by the feedback given by the police after a suspect is identified.

Subjects: Witnesses - Research
Criminal procedure - Research
Organizations: American Psychological Association - Research

Electronic Collection: A53368729
RN: A53368729

Full Text COPYRIGHT 1998 World Future Society

Witness problems can hinder criminal trials and science cases.

Jurors in criminal trials are more often persuaded by the testimony of confident eyewitnesses than by objective evidence, such as fingerprints, fibre analyses, or DNA matches. But eyewitness testimony can be seriously flawed
because......


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Approximate Pages: 4 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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