Eyewitness Testimony
Eyewitness Experts
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There are many competent eyewitness experts in North America, all with Ph.D.s in psychology, research publications, and courtroom experience -- all of whom I highly recommend.

How Eyewitness Data Should be Collected
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Wixted & Wells (2017): The Relationship Between Eyewitness Confidence and Identification Accuracy: A New Synthesis
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National Academy of Sciences (2014): Identifying the Culprit: Assessing Eyewitness Identification
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On August 24, 2011, the New Jersey Supreme Court issued a landmark decision on eyewitness identification, citing recent research in the area.
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The Justice Project (2007). Eyewitness identification: A policy review.
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In 1998, a Committee of the American Psychology-Law Society published a white paper that reviews the scientific evidence on eyewitness identification and proposed rules for how lineups and photo spreads should be conducted.  This article was published in Law and Human Behavior
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In 1999, the U.S. National Institute of Justice developed research-based guidelines on how to collect eyewitness identifications in ways that minimize error. The recommendations were published in Eyewitness Evidence: A Guide for Law Enforcement.

What the Experts Think
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Kassin, Tubb, Hosch, & Memon (2001). On the "general acceptance" of eyewitness testimony research: A new survey of the experts. American Psychologist.
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Kassin, Ellsworth, & Smith (1989). The "general acceptance" of psychological research on eyewitness testimony: A Survey of the experts. American Psychologist.
Links
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PBS Frontline's What Jennifer Saw
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Prof. Gary Wells (Iowa State University)
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James Doyle’s True Witness (2005, Palgrave MacMillan)
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