Psychological heuristics are an adaptive part of human cognition, helping us operate
efficiently in a world full of complex stimuli. However, these mental shortcuts also have the …

Confirmation bias is the tendency to bolster a hypothesis by seeking consistent evidence
while minimizing inconsistent evidence. In criminal investigations, preferring hypothesis …

In this book a theory of reasoning with evidence in the context of criminal cases is
developed. The main subject of this study is not the law of evidence but rather the rational …

People involved in criminal proceedings (eg police officers, district attorneys, judges, and
jury members) may run the risk of developing confirmation bias, or tunnel vision. That is …

Little theoretical attention has been paid to evidence that Blacks are overrepresented in
samples of false confessors compared to Whites. One possible explanation is that innocent …

Fundamental challenges in human decision-making pose a serious threat to fair evidence
evaluation, verdicts in court proceedings, and the administration of justice. Drawing on …

Drawing on theoretical frameworks developed in social and cognitive psychology, this thesis
examines the degree to which individual and systemic factors may compensate for inherent …

In order to prevent tunnel vision, and ultimately miscarriages of justice, police, prosecutors,
and judges must remain open to alternative scenarios in which the suspect is in fact …

Several researchers have argued that the confirmation bias, the tendency to selectively
gather and process information such that it fits existing beliefs, is a main threat to objective …

A growing body of research suggests that the interpretation of fingerprint evidence is open to
contextual bias. While there has been suggestion in the literature that the same might apply …