Objective: We explored whether an educational forensic science informational (FSI) video
either alone or with specialized jury instructions would assist mock jurors in evaluating …

Based on its importance in the criminal justice system, it is critical to understand how jurors
interpret eyewitness identification evidence in the form of photo arrays and witness …

Jurors tend to be insensitive to the difference between reliable versus unreliable eyewitness
evidence, and jury instructions have been proposed as one way to address that problem …

Although reports of postidentification confidence are not always reliable indicators of
eyewitness accuracy, jurors rely heavily on eyewitness confidence to evaluate …

Judges, jurors and other triers of fact often rely upon eyewitness evidence in criminal trials,
but eyewitness memory is not always accurate and can sometimes be contaminated. The I‐I …

Psychology and law researchers have urged colleagues to collaborate with the makers of
popular media, such as documentary filmmakers and podcasters, in efforts to educate the …

In cases of child sexual abuse, children's testimony often comprises the central evidence in
court. The reliability of children's evidence depends on many factors, including the way that …

At the core of epistemology, as the philosophical study of knowledge, is the critical
examination of our methods of inquiry. The epistemologist wants to know how we should …

The featural justification effect occurs when an eyewitness provides a confidence statement
at the time of lineup identification that includes reference to a facial feature or component …

Evaluators of eyewitness evidence (eg, judges, jurors) often must determine whether an
eyewitness's identification of a police suspect is accurate or mistaken. It has recently been …