This article examines “familiar identifications,” or identifications where an eyewitness
explicitly states that she has seen the perpetrator before the crime. The first section of this …

America's founding fathers believed jury trials to be a critical component of an orderly
democracy. Yet, fewer than 5% of America's cases are decided by juries. We present an …

A pressing concern with the eyewitness testimony used in many criminal cases is that jurors
may be swayed by the high confidence of an eyewitness and, as a result, may disregard …

We examine a new paradigm for jury instructions regarding eyewitness testimony, in which
the judge provides concise reasons why jurors should discount an eyewitness's courtroom …

We investigated whether watching a videotaped photo array administration or expert
testimony could sensitize jurors to the suggestiveness of single-blind eyewitness …

Naïve realism, the belief that one's own subjective experience mirrors objective reality, is
often posited as a basic feature of perception, cognition, and social judgment. Analogously …

" Favored by instructors and students for its real-world focus and engaging style, this
authoritative text on the interface of psychology and law has now been revised and …

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 …

Recent research indicates that mock jurors place too much weight on eyewitness confidence
expressed in the courtroom rather than confidence expressed immediately after an …

For over 35 years, scholars have searched with little success for a legal safeguard that can
sensitize jurors to eyewitness testimony. The present study explored whether expert …