Queen Margaret University logo
    • Login
    View Item 
    •   QMU Repositories
    • eResearch
    • School of Arts, Social Sciences and Management
    • Psychology, Sociology and Education
    • View Item
    •   QMU Repositories
    • eResearch
    • School of Arts, Social Sciences and Management
    • Psychology, Sociology and Education
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    The effect of evidence type, identification accuracy, line-up presentation, and line-up administration on observers' perceptions of eyewitnesses

    View/Open
    eResearch%203981.pdf (367.2Kb)
    Date
    2013-10-12
    Author
    Beaudry, Jennifer L.
    Lindsay, Roderick C. L.
    Leach, Amy-May
    Mansour, Jamal K.
    Bertrand, Michelle I.
    Kalmet, Natalie
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Citation
    Beaudry, J., Lindsay, R., Leach, A., Mansour, J., Bertrand, M. & Kalmet, N. (2015) The effect of evidence type, identification accuracy, line-up presentation, and line-up administration on observers' perceptions of eyewitnesses. Legal and Criminological Psychology, 20(2), pp. 343-364.
    Abstract
    Purpose People tend to believe eyewitness testimony and have difficulty assessing the accuracy of eyewitness identifications. This study examines observers' perceptions of eyewitness identifications made under various line-up presentation and administration conditions. We also investigate whether observers' ability to discriminate between accurate and inaccurate identifications is enhanced by viewing video-recorded identification decisions rather than eyewitness testimony. Methods Each participant (N = 432) viewed a video of an accurate or inaccurate eyewitness providing testimony and/or making an identification decision. Identifications were obtained from simultaneous or sequential line-ups conducted under double-blind, single-blind, or post-identification feedback administration conditions. Results Exposure to eyewitness testimony was associated with a bias to believe the evidence; exposure to the identification decision eliminated the response bias, however, it did not improve observer sensitivity to identification accuracy. Viewing the identification decision resulted in greater belief of accurate than inaccurate identifications when eyewitnesses chose from simultaneous - but not sequential - line-ups. Regardless of evidence type or identification accuracy, observers were more likely to believe eyewitnesses who received confirmatory post-identification feedback compared to the non-feedback conditions. Conclusions Presenting a video record of the identification decision neither improved observers' ability to discriminate between accurate and inaccurate eyewitness identifications nor reduced belief of identifications obtained from suggestive procedures. Further research is warranted before presenting video-recorded identification procedures in court. 2013 The British Psychological Society.
    Official URL
    https://doi.org/10.1111/lcrp.12030
    URI
    https://eresearch.qmu.ac.uk/handle/20.500.12289/3981
    Collections
    • Psychology, Sociology and Education

    Queen Margaret University: Research Repositories
    Accessibility Statement | Contact Us | Send Feedback | HTML Sitemap

     

    Browse

    All QMU RepositoriesCommunities & CollectionsBy YearBy PersonBy TitleBy QMU AuthorBy Research CentreThis CollectionBy YearBy PersonBy TitleBy QMU AuthorBy Research Centre

    My Account

    LoginRegister

    Queen Margaret University: Research Repositories
    Accessibility Statement | Contact Us | Send Feedback | HTML Sitemap