Conviction of the innocent
Subtitle: lessons from psychological research
By: edited by Brian L. Cutler
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: American Psychological Association
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 370
ISBN-13: 9781433810213
Subjects: Administration of Criminal justice; Psychological aspects; Criminal investigation
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: I. The suspects; title: 1. At-risk populations under investigation and at trial / Robert J. Norris and Allison D. Redlich; title: II. The investigators; title: 2. Detecting deception / Amy-May Leach; title: 3. False confessions / Lisa E. Hasel and Saul M. Kassin; title: 4. Procedural justice evaluations in interrogations / Diane Sivasubramaniam and Larry Heuer; title: III. The eyewitnesses; title: 5. Fallible eyewitness memory and identification / Kathy Pezdek; title: 6. Suggestive eyewitness identification procedures / David M. Zimmerman, Jacqueline L. Austin, and Margaret Bull Kovera; title: 7. Eyewitness confidence malleability / Amy Bradfield Douglass and Afton Pavletic; title: 8. Why do motions to suppress suggestive eyewitness identifications fail? / Gary L. Wells, Sarah M. Greathouse, and Laura Smalarz; title: 9. Jurors believe eyewitnesses / Carolyn Semmler, Neil Brewer, and Amy Bradfield Douglass; title: IV. The trial witnesses; title: 10. Unreliable informant testimony / Jeffrey S. Neuschatz ... [et al.]; title: 11. Alibi witnesses / Tara M. Burke and Stéphanie B. Marion; title: 12. Pscyhological perspectives on problems with forensic science evidence / Itiel E. Dror and Rebecca Bucht; title: V. Pervasive issues; title: 13. Race and racism / Ellen S. Cohn, Donald Bucolo, and Samuel R. Sommers; title: 14. Tunnel vision / Keith A. Findley; title: VI.  The exonerated; title: 15. Life after wrongful conviction / Kimberley A. Clow, Amy-May Leach, and Rosemary Ricciardelli; title: VII. Conclusion; title: Conclusion / Brian L. Cutler.