ABSTRACT
The Handbook of Eyewitness Psychology presents a survey of research and legal opinions from international experts on the rapidly expanding scientific literature addressing the accuracy and limitations of eyewitnesses as a source of evidence for the courts. For the first time, extensive reviews of factors influencing witnesses of all ages – children, adults, and the elderly – are compiled in a single pair of volumes. The disparate research currently being conducted in eyewitness memory in psychology, criminal justice, and legal studies is coherently presented in this work.
Volume 1 covers memory for events. Volume 2 cover memory for people.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
volume 1
Handbook of Eyewitness Psychology
part I|192 pages
Forensic Adult Memory of Witnesses and Suspects
part II|205 pages
Potential Sources of Distorted Eyewitness Statements and Postdictors of Statement Accuracy
part III|176 pages
Lifespan Eyewitness Issues: Children
part IV|72 pages
Lifespan Eyewitness Issues: Older Adults
part V|22 pages
Conclusion
volume 2
Handbook of Eyewitness Psychology
part I|83 pages
Finding Suspects
part II|170 pages
Identifying Suspects: System Variables
part III|195 pages
Identifying Suspects: Estimator Variables
part IV|75 pages
Belief of Eyewitness Identification
part V|56 pages
Applying Psychological Research to Legal Practice