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Jennifer Beaudry, Lecturer (PSS)

Jennifer Beaudry, Lecturer (PSS). Eyewitness Identification Memory. DataBlitz 26.04.2013. Eyewitness Identification Memory. Overview . Background Experiment: Impact of disguise Future directions. Eyewitness Identification Memory. The Problem . Innocence Project, 2013. 306

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Jennifer Beaudry, Lecturer (PSS)

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  1. Jennifer Beaudry, Lecturer (PSS) • Eyewitness Identification Memory DataBlitz 26.04.2013

  2. Eyewitness Identification Memory • Overview Background Experiment: Impact of disguise Future directions

  3. Eyewitness Identification Memory • The Problem Innocence Project, 2013 306 DNA Exonerations

  4. Eyewitness Identification Memory • Common Causes of Wrongful Convictions • (First 225 cases) 77% 52% 23% 16% Innocence Project, 2013

  5. Eyewitness Identification Memory • Factors Influencing Eyewitness Identification Memory System Variables Lineup presentation Lineup instructions Lineup construction Estimator Variables • Exposure duration • Age of witness • Disguise

  6. Eyewitness Identification Memory • Stocking Disguise (N = 91) Full 1/3 None 2/3 • 24 targets (6 per disguise level) • Lineups: Target-present vs. Target-absent Mansour, Beaudry, et al. (2012) Law and Human Behavior. 6

  7. Eyewitness Identification Memory • 24-Trial Repeated Measures Design (N = 91)

  8. Eyewitness Identification Memory • Toque & Sunglasses Disguise (N = 87) Sunglasses None Toque & Sunglasses Toque • 24 targets (6 per disguise level) • Lineups: Target-present vs. Target-absent Mansour, Beaudry, et al. (2012) Law and Human Behavior. 9

  9. Eyewitness Identification Memory • Target-Present Lineups (Stocking)

  10. Eyewitness Identification Memory • Target-Present Lineups (Toque & Sunglasses)

  11. Eyewitness Identification Memory • Correct Identifications from Target-Present Lineups

  12. Eyewitness Identification Memory • Future Directions Disguise and… Role of metacognitions? Jurors’ perceptions?

  13. Acknowledgements: • Jamal Mansour, Michelle Bertrand, Natalie Kalmet, Elisabeth Melsom, Rod Lindsay • jbeaudry@swin.edu.au • Eyewitness Identification Memory #410-09-2674

  14. Eyewitness Identification Memory • False Identifications from Target-Absent Lineups

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