Familiarity and Conviction in the Criminal Justice System: Definitions, Theory, and Eyewitness Research

ISBN-13: 9780190874810 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 144 str.

Joanna Pozzulo; Emily Pica; Chelsea Sheahan

Recenzje

Pozzulo, Pica, and Sheahan's new monograph bridges the gap in knowledge between the more commonly studied 'stranger identification' and the understudied but nevertheless important problem of mistaken identifications of familiar others.

O autorze

Joanna Pozzulo is a Full Professor and the Chair of the Department of Psychology at Carleton University. Dr. Pozzulo's research and teaching broadly falls under the domain of Forensic Psychology (borrowing from developmental, social, and cognitive psychology). Dr. Pozzulo has published widely on the "young eyewitness". Emily Pica is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychological Science and Counseling at Austin Peay State University. Dr. Pica's research interests include ways in which we can improve identification accuracy, factors that influence jurors' decision making, and the perceptions of the wrongfully convicted. Chelsea Sheahan is an Adjunct Professor at Carleton University. Her research focuses primarily on factors that impact eyewitness memory within a developmental context. Her secondary research interests are broadly in the area of juror decision making and corrections.