On the witness stand : controversies in the courtroom

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On the witness stand : controversies in the courtroom

editors, Lawrence S. Wrightsman, Cynthia E. Willis, Saul M. Kassin ; [with contributions by Eugene Borgida ... et al.]

Sage Publications, c1987

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Companion vol. to: In the jury box. c1987

Includes bibliographies

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Trial evidence can only be introduced through exhibits or the testimony of witnesses, and psychologists and other social scientists have now begun to empirically evaluate questions such as: What is the impact of the testimony of eyewitnesses in the court decisions? Should hypnosis be used with crime witnesses? Is the polygraph an accurate device to determine the guilt or innocence of a suspect? This book contains articles reprinted from psychological journals relevant to the above questions. The five sections deal with different aspects of witnesses' testimony, and each contain three reprinted articles, plus an introduction and summary written by the volume editors to place the articles in context and provide conclusions and recommendations.

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PART ONE: LIE DETECTION AND POLYGRAPH TESTING The Validity of Polygraph Testing - Leonard Saxe, Denise Dougherty and Theodore Cross The Detection of Deception - David T Lykken Truth and Deception - David C Raskin and John A Bodlesny A Reply to Lykken PART TWO: REFRESHING MEMORY THROUGH HYPNOSIS Hypnosis as an Aid in a Homicide Investigation - Martin Reiser Hypnosis and Distortion in Eyewitness Memory - William H Putnam Hypnotic Memory Enhancement of Witnesses - Marilyn Chapnik Smith Does it Work? Eyewitness Memory Enchancement in the Police Interview - R Edward Geiselman, Ronald P Fisher, David P MacKinnon and Heidi L Holland Cognitive Retrieval Memories Versus Hypnosis PART THREE: EYEWITNESS ACCURACY Applied Eyewitness-testimony Research - Gary L Wells System Variables and Estimator Variables Semantic Integration of Verbal Information into a Visual Memory - Elizabeth F Loftus, David G Miller and Helen J Burns Recognition for Faces of Own and Other Race - Roy S Malpass and Jerome Kravitz PART FOUR: EXPERT WITNESS TESTIMONY Silence is not Golden - Elizabeth F Loftus Testifying on Eyewitness Reliability - Anne Maass, John C Brigham and Stephen G West Expert Advice is not Always Persuasive PART FIVE: CAMERAS IN THE COURTROOM TV Cameras, Public Self-consciousness, and Mock Juror Performance - Saul M Kassin Does Research Support the Estes Ban on Cameras in the Courtroom? - Kermit Netteburg Public Opinion on the Psychological and Legal Aspects of Televising Rape Trials - Janet Swim and Eugene Borgida

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