Showup identifications: The effects of presence of stolen property and suspect’s denial on identification performance
Year: 2011
Type: dissertation
Abstract: A showup identification is the presentation of a single suspect to an eyewitness. I used a\nsimulated theft paradigm and subsequent showup identification to examine the effects of stolen\nproperty, suspects??? verbal behaviour, and target-presence on eyewitness identification\nperformance. I used a 2 (suspect: innocent, guilty) X 2 (stolen property: present, hidden) X 3\n(verbal behaviour: denial with explanation, denial, silence) between-subjects factorial design.\nBinary logistic regression analysis indicated that both the target and stolen property,\nindependently, and significantly predicted the accuracy of identification decisions. Surprisingly,\nthe presence of stolen property facilitated more accurate identification decisions from\neyewitnesses.
Author: Andrew M. Smith
Language: English
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2284531690