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Finding the Truth in the Courtroom: Dealing with Deception, Lies, and Memories

Finding the Truth in the Courtroom: Dealing with Deception, Lies, and Memories

Author: Henry Otgaar; Mark L. Howe
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780190612016
Published In: December 2017
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.S. ? Disclaimer:
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In many criminal trials, forensic technical evidence is lacking and triers of fact must rely on the reliability of eyewitness statements, identifications, and testimony; however, such reports can be riddled with deceptive statements or erroneous recollections.

Based on such considerations, the question arises as to how one should weigh such eyewitness accounts given the theoretical and empirical knowledge in this field.

Finding the Truth in the Courtroom focuses on how legal professionals, legal/forensic psychologists, and memory researchers can decide when statements or identifications are based on truthful or fabricated experiences and whether one can distinguish between lies, deception, and false memories.

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Chapter 1: Deception and Memory in the Courtroom: An Overview

Henry Otgaar and Mark L. Howe

Part I: Memory in the Courtroom

Chapter 2: Misinformation in the Courtroom

Shari R. Berkowitz and Elizabeth F. Loftus

Chapter 3: Suggestibility in the Courtroom: How Memory Can Be Distorted During the Investigative and Legal Process

Fiona Gabbert and Lorraine Hope

Chapter 4: When Spontaneous Statements Should Not Be Trusted: False Memories in Children and Adults

Henry Otgaar and Mark L. Howe

Chapter 5: A Neurobiological Account False Memories