Hi Beth, What I found interesting is that despite the evidence of Wells et. al, they mention how many police departments just go on with lineups and eye witnesses as they had in the past. "In many communities, lineups are conducted in the same way they have been for decades, although typically these days they involve photos, not actual people. According to some estimates, only about 25 percent to 30 percent of jurisdictions have police departments that have revised their policies to protect the integrity of lineup procedures."
Jim Matiya Adjunct Instructor in Psychology Florida Gulf Coast University [email protected] From: [email protected] Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2011 09:28:35 -0400 Subject: [tips] For Social Psychology: Police Lineups To: [email protected] An interesting article appeared in The New York Times on Monday, which is encouraging. "New Jersey's Supreme Court has decided to overhaul the state's rules for how judges and jurors treat evidence from police lineups." It's heartening to see that legal systems are starting to recognize that eyewitness identification can be problematic. Gary Wells, of Iowa State, is interviewed (I have a couple of videos where he talks about this problem.), as is Stanley Z. Fisher, of Boston University. The new guidelines mandate two things: lineups must be administered by someone is not a primary investigator on the case and isn't familiar with the suspectphotos should be shown in sequence, rather than as a groupHere's the article: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/29/us/29witness.html Beth BenoitGranite State CollegePlymouth State University New Hampshire --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13283.28aec02f231f4c4baa9a4a58ae139710&n=T&l=tips&o=12370 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-12370-13283.28aec02f231f4c4baa9a4a58ae139...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=12373 or send a blank email to leave-12373-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
