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Investigating investigators: how presentation order influences participant-investigators' interpretations of eyewitness identification and alibi evidence.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  18810615     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Presentation order of ID and Alibi evidence was manipulated for undergraduate participants who conducted a simulated police investigation. Experiment 1 found a recency effect when an eyewitness rejected the investigator's suspect. Experiment 2 also examined order effects, exploring how participant-investigators evaluated alibi information in addition to eyewitness ID information. When investigators saw the witness identify the suspect but also received a strong alibi for that suspect a recency effect occurred, such that whichever piece of information occurred at the end of the procedure had the strongest impact on investigators. Thus, type of evidence and evidence order both had a dramatic influence on participant-investigators' decisions.
Authors:
Leora C Dahl; C A Elizabeth Brimacombe; D Stephen Lindsay
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2008-09-23
Journal Detail:
Title:  Law and human behavior     Volume:  33     ISSN:  1573-661X     ISO Abbreviation:  Law Hum Behav     Publication Date:  2009 Oct 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-10-12     Completed Date:  2010-01-27     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7801255     Medline TA:  Law Hum Behav     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  368-80     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Okanagan College, Kelowna, BC, Canada. ldahl@okanagan.bc.ca
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Attention
Crime / legislation & jurisprudence*
Decision Making*
Female
Guilt
Humans
Judgment*
Law Enforcement / methods
Lie Detection
Male
Mental Recall*
Police*
Recognition (Psychology)
Role Playing
Students / psychology
Truth Disclosure

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