In legal cases, testimonies can become contaminated because of an amalgam of external
and internal influences on memory. It is well-established that external influences (eg …

The prevalence effect is a phenomenon whereby target prevalence impacts performance in
visual search (eg, baggage screening) and visual comparison (eg, face‐matching) tasks …

The present article focuses on a utility-based understanding of criminal justice practice
regarding eyewitness identifications. We argue that there are 4 distinct types of utility that …

America's judicial system is both exceptionally punitive and demonstrably unjust toward
racial minorities. While these dual realities are structured into America's institutions, we …

A set of reforms proposed in 1999 directed the police how to conduct an eyewitness lineup.
The promise of these system variable reforms was that they would enhance eyewitness …

In this chapter we discuss explanation-based theories on reasoning about evidence and
proof in criminal trials that view such reasoning in terms of evaluating competing …

The “Blackstone ratio,” positing that “it is better that ten guilty individuals escape, than that
one innocent suffer,” is a well-known principle of criminal justice. The methods of …

With reference to notions of public confidence and legitimacy, it is an attractive idea and
common intuition that there should be a role of significance for public opinion at sentencing …

Internationally, the 200 year honeymoon with the prison may be ending. Research showing
that imprisonment is ineffective in reducing crime is finally being heeded by some …

Objectives We examine public attitudes towards false positives and false negatives in
criminal justice risk assessment and how people's choices differ in varying offenses and …