(2002) also stated that as a result of weapon focus, witness’ recall of an offender’s appearance is less clear. On the other hand, a field study of real-life witnesses exposed to highly violent events suggests that they can give very accurate testimony. Yuille & Cutshall (1986) showed that folks, who had witnessed a thief being shot six times outside a gun shop in Canada, had remarkably accurate memories of the event. The police interviewed the witnesses
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these positions involve a great deal of discretion. This work seeks to research existing guidelines for decisions of prosecutors in bringing charges against a defendant, of judges in sentencing a defendant, of forensic psychologists in giving expert testimony,
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seconds to consider each question and write their answers, along with their degree of confidence in each one. This short, informal study (and the unreliable and inconsistent answers which it produced) became one of the very first on the psychology of testimony, and inspired one of the most significant studies in the history of forensic psychology. Fascinated by Cattell’s findings, psychologist Louis William Stern - along with the help of criminologist F.V. Liszt - attempted to bring Cattell’s design to
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focus on research, which could range from the examination of eyewitness testimony, to improving interrogation methods. There are also forensic psychologists that focus on public policy, such as designing correctional facilities and prisons. In 1901 a man named William Stern studied memory by asking students to study a picture for forty-five seconds, and then recall what happened in the picture. This is when eyewitness testimonies began to lose credibility, because often times the participants
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September 30th, 2014 PS200: Introduction to Cognitive Psychology Cognitive Processes Cognitive psychology has evolved over the years. Researchers are constantly trying to find new ways to understand and define the human brain. Our memory is quite important in how we function on a day-to-day basis. Our memories help us to remember important functions such as combing our hair, brushing our teeth or getting dressed in the morning. Memories also help us to learn more information. Cognitive psychology
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enforcement should wear the body camera because it would help in aiding in eyewitness testimony and because it eliminate police brutality while in the Con's speech he believe that law enforcement should not wear the body camera because they are counter productive and an invasion of privacy. Each gave their own reason behind their claims during the Speech Forum. In the Pro speaker's speech, her first claim of aiding in eyewitness testimony is a claim of fact, while her claim that it would stop police brutality
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of Case (California v. Simpson) O.J. Simpson was a start NFL player who was tried on two counts of murder for the June 12th, 1994 deaths of Nicole Brown Simpson, his ex-wife and her friend, Ronald Goldman. Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronal Goldman were fatally stabbed on June 12th, 1994, and discovered the next morning on her property in Los Angeles. (OJ Simpsons murder, n.d.) OJ Simpson did not turn himself in but instead became the center of attention in a pursuit in his white Bronco SUV. Simpson
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Shelton Harris PSY-150-01 Picking Cotton by Jennifer Thompson-Cannino and Ronald Cotton With Erin Torneo St. Martin’s Press, 2009 Picking Cotton was an extremely well read. I also enjoyed the fact that it took place in North Carolina, particularly Burlington. The books other settings include various prisons in the North Carolina/Tennessee areas. The main idea of the book is based off of the events that happened around 3:00 a.m., one hot Sunday morning in July of 1984. Jennifer Thompson-Cannino
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dismissal. The prosector determines the case to pursue by the prosecutorial discretion this illustrates the range of power that a prosector has ( CJT 2015) . All charges must be examine by the prosecutor: including corresponding evidence, eyewitness testimony, and other associated facts.
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conviction is to after the inmate have been exonerated letting the inmate know that the prosecutor will be getting disciplined and just given “hush money” in sense now that it was proven they were innocent. To avoid wrongful convictions from happen eyewitness testimonies, false DNA evidence, and other obstacles need to be examined by an unbiased eye. When researching ways to prevent wrongful convictions all the articles had the same thing about recording the interrogations, and doing the open file discovery
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