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Conviction of the innocent : lessons from psychological research / edited by Brian L. Cutler.

Contributor(s): Publication details: Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, c2012.Edition: 1st edDescription: xiii, 370 p. ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 9781433810213
  • 1433810212
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 364.3 23
LOC classification:
  • HV7419 .C692 2012
Contents:
I. The suspects -- 1. At-risk populations under investigation and at trial / Robert J. Norris and Allison D. Redlich -- II. The investigators -- 2. Detecting deception / Amy-May Leach -- 3. False confessions / Lisa E. Hasel and Saul M. Kassin -- 4. Procedural justice evaluations in interrogations / Diane Sivasubramaniam and Larry Heuer -- III. The eyewitnesses -- 5. Fallible eyewitness memory and identification / Kathy Pezdek -- 6. Suggestive eyewitness identification procedures / David M. Zimmerman, Jacqueline L. Austin, and Margaret Bull Kovera -- 7. Eyewitness confidence malleability / Amy Bradfield Douglass and Afton Pavletic -- 8. Why do motions to suppress suggestive eyewitness identifications fail? / Gary L. Wells, Sarah M. Greathouse, and Laura Smalarz -- 9. Jurors believe eyewitnesses / Carolyn Semmler, Neil Brewer, and Amy Bradfield Douglass -- IV. The trial witnesses -- 10. Unreliable informant testimony / Jeffrey S. Neuschatz ... [et al.] -- 11. Alibi witnesses / Tara M. Burke and SteÌphanie B. Marion -- 12. Psychological perspectives on problems with forensic science evidence / Itiel E. Dror and Rebecca Bucht -- V. Pervasive issues -- 13. Race and racism / Ellen S. Cohn, Donald Bucolo, and Samuel R. Sommers -- 14. Tunnel vision / Keith A. Findley -- VI. The exonerated -- 15. Life after wrongful conviction / Kimberley A. Clow, Amy-May Leach, and Rosemary Ricciardelli -- VII. Conclusion -- Conclusion / Brian L. Cutler.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

I. The suspects -- 1. At-risk populations under investigation and at trial / Robert J. Norris and Allison D. Redlich -- II. The investigators -- 2. Detecting deception / Amy-May Leach -- 3. False confessions / Lisa E. Hasel and Saul M. Kassin -- 4. Procedural justice evaluations in interrogations / Diane Sivasubramaniam and Larry Heuer -- III. The eyewitnesses -- 5. Fallible eyewitness memory and identification / Kathy Pezdek -- 6. Suggestive eyewitness identification procedures / David M. Zimmerman, Jacqueline L. Austin, and Margaret Bull Kovera -- 7. Eyewitness confidence malleability / Amy Bradfield Douglass and Afton Pavletic -- 8. Why do motions to suppress suggestive eyewitness identifications fail? / Gary L. Wells, Sarah M. Greathouse, and Laura Smalarz -- 9. Jurors believe eyewitnesses / Carolyn Semmler, Neil Brewer, and Amy Bradfield Douglass -- IV. The trial witnesses -- 10. Unreliable informant testimony / Jeffrey S. Neuschatz ... [et al.] -- 11. Alibi witnesses / Tara M. Burke and SteÌphanie B. Marion -- 12. Psychological perspectives on problems with forensic science evidence / Itiel E. Dror and Rebecca Bucht -- V. Pervasive issues -- 13. Race and racism / Ellen S. Cohn, Donald Bucolo, and Samuel R. Sommers -- 14. Tunnel vision / Keith A. Findley -- VI. The exonerated -- 15. Life after wrongful conviction / Kimberley A. Clow, Amy-May Leach, and Rosemary Ricciardelli -- VII. Conclusion -- Conclusion / Brian L. Cutler.

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