Product details:
| ISBN13: | 9780199216932 |
| ISBN10: | 0199216932 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| No. of pages: | 222 pages |
| Size: | 233x156x13 mm |
| Weight: | 356 g |
| Language: | English |
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Category:
Witness Identification in Criminal Cases
Psychology and Practice
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Date of Publication: 11 September 2008
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Short description:
This book provides a review of recent empirical psychological research findings relating to criminal identification. It offers police professionals and students studying in related areas a book that will inform them about the psychology involved in identification.
Long description:
Witness Identification provides an up-to-date review on identifying crime perpetrators based on psychological theory and research. Applying psychology to the area of criminal identification, the authors make reference to relevant legislation such as the PACE Codes of Practice as they explore the psychology involved in identification.
This insightful and practical title will inform anyone interested in this area. The authors outline the psychological information relevant to constructing and delivering identification parades, such as the point of view of the suspect and witness or victim, how witnesses remember, and the factors likely to affect the accuracy of person descriptions. They also consider the effects of stereotypes and expectancies on identification performance, as well as a discussion of the technologies involved in identification procedure. The book includes a chapter on how to assist people who are deemed vulnerable in order to elicit accurate identification evidence. It also looks at other methods of identification in addition to face identification, such as methods to identify a person's voice and gait.
By providing an overview of legislation and guidelines to conducting identity parades alongside a psychological underpinning, this book is a valuable resource to anyone whose work involves identification procedures, as well as students of psychology, law and police studies.
This insightful and practical title will inform anyone interested in this area. The authors outline the psychological information relevant to constructing and delivering identification parades, such as the point of view of the suspect and witness or victim, how witnesses remember, and the factors likely to affect the accuracy of person descriptions. They also consider the effects of stereotypes and expectancies on identification performance, as well as a discussion of the technologies involved in identification procedure. The book includes a chapter on how to assist people who are deemed vulnerable in order to elicit accurate identification evidence. It also looks at other methods of identification in addition to face identification, such as methods to identify a person's voice and gait.
By providing an overview of legislation and guidelines to conducting identity parades alongside a psychological underpinning, this book is a valuable resource to anyone whose work involves identification procedures, as well as students of psychology, law and police studies.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Perception, memory, and recognition involved in witness identification
Giving person descriptions and the effect of this on the identification process
Factors Affecting the Accuracy of Eyewitness Identifications
Identification by voice or by gait
The effects of expectations and stereotypes on identification
Recommendations for conducting identification parades
Assisting vulnerable witnesses
New innovations: Applying psychological science to the real world
Where we are now, and where do we want to go?
Perception, memory, and recognition involved in witness identification
Giving person descriptions and the effect of this on the identification process
Factors Affecting the Accuracy of Eyewitness Identifications
Identification by voice or by gait
The effects of expectations and stereotypes on identification
Recommendations for conducting identification parades
Assisting vulnerable witnesses
New innovations: Applying psychological science to the real world
Where we are now, and where do we want to go?
