東華大學圖書館 |

Language: English

Help

回圖書館首頁

手機版館藏查詢

Back

Switch To: Labeled | MARC Mode | ISBD

A survey of judges' knowledge of eye...

Wise, Richard Allen.

Linked to FindBook

Google Book

Amazon

博客來

A survey of judges' knowledge of eyewitness testimony.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	A survey of judges' knowledge of eyewitness testimony./
Author:	Wise, Richard Allen.
Description:	144 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 63-10, Section: B, page: 4882.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International63-10B.
Subject:	Psychology, General. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3067500
ISBN:	049386914X

A survey of judges' knowledge of eyewitness testimony.
Wise, Richard Allen.

A survey of judges' knowledge of eyewitness testimony. - 144 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 63-10, Section: B, page: 4882.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Catholic University of America, 2003.

Estimates of the number of wrongful felony convictions in the U.S. every year range from 7500 to 150,000. Erroneous eyewitness identifications play a role in over half of all wrongful felony convictions. Judges can play an important role in helping to prevent and to identify erroneous eyewitness identifications, but there is no research on what judges know and believe about eyewitness testimony. Using the internet, 160 judges answered questions about eyewitness factors, their beliefs about juror's knowledge of eyewitness factors, and their willingness to permit legal safeguards. For some items, the responses of the judges were compared to a recent survey of experts on eyewitness testimony. The majority of judges had a limited understanding of eyewitness factors. For example, the judges averaged about 55% correct on a 14-item knowledge scale. The judges showed little consensus on several important issues such as whether at trial eyewitness confidence is a good indicator of eyewitness accuracy, and if jurors can distinguish accurate from inaccurate witnesses. Many judges appeared to be unfamiliar with simultaneous lineups, and with the studies indicating that over half of all wrongful convictions are due at least in part to eyewitness error. However, like the experts they agreed that attitudes and expectations, postevent information, and the presence of a weapon could affect identification accuracy.

ISBN: 049386914XSubjects--Topical Terms:

1018034
Psychology, General.

A survey of judges' knowledge of eyewitness testimony.
LDR:03186nmm 2200289 4500 001 1862808
005 20041215070024.5
008 130614s2003 eng d
020 $a 049386914X
035 $a (UnM)AAI3067500
035 $a AAI3067500
040 $a UnM $c UnM
100 1 $a Wise, Richard Allen. $3 1950346
245 1 2 $a A survey of judges' knowledge of eyewitness testimony.
300 $a 144 p.
500 $a Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 63-10, Section: B, page: 4882.
500 $a Director: Martin A. Safer.
502 $a Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Catholic University of America, 2003.
520 $a Estimates of the number of wrongful felony convictions in the U.S. every year range from 7500 to 150,000. Erroneous eyewitness identifications play a role in over half of all wrongful felony convictions. Judges can play an important role in helping to prevent and to identify erroneous eyewitness identifications, but there is no research on what judges know and believe about eyewitness testimony. Using the internet, 160 judges answered questions about eyewitness factors, their beliefs about juror's knowledge of eyewitness factors, and their willingness to permit legal safeguards. For some items, the responses of the judges were compared to a recent survey of experts on eyewitness testimony. The majority of judges had a limited understanding of eyewitness factors. For example, the judges averaged about 55% correct on a 14-item knowledge scale. The judges showed little consensus on several important issues such as whether at trial eyewitness confidence is a good indicator of eyewitness accuracy, and if jurors can distinguish accurate from inaccurate witnesses. Many judges appeared to be unfamiliar with simultaneous lineups, and with the studies indicating that over half of all wrongful convictions are due at least in part to eyewitness error. However, like the experts they agreed that attitudes and expectations, postevent information, and the presence of a weapon could affect identification accuracy.
520 $a Judges who were more knowledgeable about eyewitness factors were more willing to permit expert testimony, and more likely to believe that jurors have limited knowledge of eyewitness factors. They indicated a greater reluctance to convict a defendant solely from eyewitness testimony, were more aware of the important role that eyewitness error plays in wrongful convictions, and recognized that judges needed more eyewitness training. In contrast, legal and judicial experience were unrelated to a judge's knowledge about eyewitness testimony, whether a judge would permit expert testimony, or if a judge knew that jurors have limited knowledge of eyewitness factors. 75% of the judges in the survey agreed that judges need more eyewitness training. The present study shows the potential importance of providing judges with more and better training on eyewitness testimony.
590 $a School code: 0043.
650 4 $a Psychology, General. $3 1018034
650 4 $a Law. $3 600858
690 $a 0621
690 $a 0398
710 2 0 $a The Catholic University of America. $3 1019220
773 0 $t Dissertation Abstracts International $g 63-10B.
790 1 0 $a Safer, Martin A., $e advisor
790 $a 0043
791 $a Ph.D.
792 $a 2003
856 4 0 $u http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3067500