Summary: The Effect Of Cross-Examination On Eyewitness Testimony
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The Effect of Cross-Examination on Eyewitness Testimony
Abstracts
Cross-examination increases the likelihood of eyewitness error. Preceding research indicates that while being cross-examined children alter a lot of their originally correct responses. An experiment conducted by Maras & Valentine (2011) describes in which the result of cross-examination on accurateness of adult eyewitness testimony was explored. There were twenty-two student participants who were placed into a co-witness condition, which resulted in memory agreement and recalled less accurately than witnesses in the control condition or individual condition. Following a 4 week …show more content…
(2001). Cross-examination in criminal cases. http://criminaldefense. homestead.com/Cross.html [2/12/2009].
Odinot, G.,Wolters, G., & Lavender, T. (2009). Repeated partial eyewitness questioning causes confidence inflation but not retrieval-induced forgetting. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 23, 90–97.
Patterson, H. M., & Kemp, R. I. (2006). Comparing methods of encountering post-event information: The power of co-witness discussion. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 20, 1– 17.
Perry, N. W., McAuliff, B. D., Tam, P., Claycomb, L., Dostal, C., & Flanagan, C. (1995). When lawyers question children. Is justice served? Law and Human Behavior, 19, 609–629.
Read, J. D., Connolly, D. A., Toglia, M. P., Ross, D. F., & Lindsay, R. C. L. (2007). The effects of delay on long-term memory for witnessed events. In the handbook of eyewitness psychology: Memory for events, Vol. I (pp. 117–155). Mahwah, NJ, US: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Publishers.
Roper, R., & Shewan, D. (2002). Compliance and eyewitness testimony: Do eyewitnesses comply with misleading ’expert pressure’ during investigative interviewing? Legal and Criminological Psychology, 7, 155–163.
Schooler, J. W., & Loftus, E. F. (1986). Individual differences and …show more content…
Social Behavior, 1, 105–112.
Stone, A. A. (1988). Psychiatry and the Law. In A. M. Nicholi The new Harvard guide to psychiatry (pp. 797–827). Cambridge, MA, England: Belknap Press.
Valentine, T. & Maras, K. (2011). The effect of cross-examination on the accuracy of adult eyewitness testimony. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 25, 554–561.
Wright, D. B., & Loftus, E. F. (1998). How misinformation alters memories. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 71, 155–164.
Wright, D. B., & Stroud, J. (1998). Memory quality and misinformation for peripheral and central objects. Legal and Criminological Psychology, 3, 273–286.
Zajac, R., & Hayne, H. (2003). I don’t think that’s what really happened: The effect of cross- examination on the accuracy of children’s reports. Journal of Experimental Psychology, Applied, 9, 187–195.
Zajac, R., & Hayne, H. (2006). The negative effect of cross-examination style on questioning on children’s accuracy: Older children are not immune. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 20, 3–16.
Zajac, R., Gross, J., & Hayne, H. (2003). Asked and answered: Questioning children in the courtroom. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 10,
The Effect of Cross-Examination on Eyewitness Testimony
Abstracts
Cross-examination increases the likelihood of eyewitness error. Preceding research indicates that while being cross-examined children alter a lot of their originally correct responses. An experiment conducted by Maras & Valentine (2011) describes in which the result of cross-examination on accurateness of adult eyewitness testimony was explored. There were twenty-two student participants who were placed into a co-witness condition, which resulted in memory agreement and recalled less accurately than witnesses in the control condition or individual condition. Following a 4 week …show more content…
(2001). Cross-examination in criminal cases. http://criminaldefense. homestead.com/Cross.html [2/12/2009].
Odinot, G.,Wolters, G., & Lavender, T. (2009). Repeated partial eyewitness questioning causes confidence inflation but not retrieval-induced forgetting. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 23, 90–97.
Patterson, H. M., & Kemp, R. I. (2006). Comparing methods of encountering post-event information: The power of co-witness discussion. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 20, 1– 17.
Perry, N. W., McAuliff, B. D., Tam, P., Claycomb, L., Dostal, C., & Flanagan, C. (1995). When lawyers question children. Is justice served? Law and Human Behavior, 19, 609–629.
Read, J. D., Connolly, D. A., Toglia, M. P., Ross, D. F., & Lindsay, R. C. L. (2007). The effects of delay on long-term memory for witnessed events. In the handbook of eyewitness psychology: Memory for events, Vol. I (pp. 117–155). Mahwah, NJ, US: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Publishers.
Roper, R., & Shewan, D. (2002). Compliance and eyewitness testimony: Do eyewitnesses comply with misleading ’expert pressure’ during investigative interviewing? Legal and Criminological Psychology, 7, 155–163.
Schooler, J. W., & Loftus, E. F. (1986). Individual differences and …show more content…
Social Behavior, 1, 105–112.
Stone, A. A. (1988). Psychiatry and the Law. In A. M. Nicholi The new Harvard guide to psychiatry (pp. 797–827). Cambridge, MA, England: Belknap Press.
Valentine, T. & Maras, K. (2011). The effect of cross-examination on the accuracy of adult eyewitness testimony. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 25, 554–561.
Wright, D. B., & Loftus, E. F. (1998). How misinformation alters memories. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 71, 155–164.
Wright, D. B., & Stroud, J. (1998). Memory quality and misinformation for peripheral and central objects. Legal and Criminological Psychology, 3, 273–286.
Zajac, R., & Hayne, H. (2003). I don’t think that’s what really happened: The effect of cross- examination on the accuracy of children’s reports. Journal of Experimental Psychology, Applied, 9, 187–195.
Zajac, R., & Hayne, H. (2006). The negative effect of cross-examination style on questioning on children’s accuracy: Older children are not immune. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 20, 3–16.
Zajac, R., Gross, J., & Hayne, H. (2003). Asked and answered: Questioning children in the courtroom. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 10,