Validity Of Eyewitness Testimony
Validity of eyewitness testimony
Eyewitness testimony are accounts given by an individual about the details of an event that may include, what the perpetrator was wearing or physical description of the person , in what direction did the person run, details of a crime scene of a accident etc.., but can the eyes lie? Eyewitness testimony has been recognized as the leading cause of wrongful convictions in the U.S and because of this there are organizations in place such as the innocent project, which is committed to exonerating wrongly convicted people through the use of DNA testing and to reforming the criminal justice system to prevent future injustice ().
Two articles that I have chosen with opposing views are:
• Distinguishing accurate from inaccurate eyewitness identifications via inquiries about decision processes. …show more content…
Dunning & Stern conducted 5 studies using 131 Cornell University Students. Studies 1-4 was conducted to prove their position that accurate witnesses making positive identifications were more likely to automatically recognize the culprit while inaccurate witnesses were more likely to use the process of elimination strategy and study 5 was used to answer the questions “How useful is the information garnered in the previous four studies? If subjects were placed in the role of police officer, lawyer, judge, or juror, and asked to decide whether a given eyewitness identification was accurate or erroneous, would they find cues about decision processes to be
Eyewitness testimony are accounts given by an individual about the details of an event that may include, what the perpetrator was wearing or physical description of the person , in what direction did the person run, details of a crime scene of a accident etc.., but can the eyes lie? Eyewitness testimony has been recognized as the leading cause of wrongful convictions in the U.S and because of this there are organizations in place such as the innocent project, which is committed to exonerating wrongly convicted people through the use of DNA testing and to reforming the criminal justice system to prevent future injustice ().
Two articles that I have chosen with opposing views are:
• Distinguishing accurate from inaccurate eyewitness identifications via inquiries about decision processes. …show more content…
Dunning & Stern conducted 5 studies using 131 Cornell University Students. Studies 1-4 was conducted to prove their position that accurate witnesses making positive identifications were more likely to automatically recognize the culprit while inaccurate witnesses were more likely to use the process of elimination strategy and study 5 was used to answer the questions “How useful is the information garnered in the previous four studies? If subjects were placed in the role of police officer, lawyer, judge, or juror, and asked to decide whether a given eyewitness identification was accurate or erroneous, would they find cues about decision processes to be