Witness testimony: psychological, investigative and evidential perspectives / edited by Anthony Heaton-Armstrong, Eric Shepherd, Gisli H. Gudjonsson, David Wolchover.

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006.

2nd edition

26451

Witnesses.

Witnesses -- Great Britain.

Evidence (law)

Evidence (law) -- Great Britain.

Section 1. Psychological perspectives --1. General review of the psychology of witness testimony / Elizabeth F. Loftus, David Wolchover and Douglas Page

2. Detecting deception in legal contexts / Aldert Vrij

3. The effect of learning disabilities on witness testimony / Glynis H. Murphy and Isabel C. H. Clare

4. The psychological vulnerabilities of witnesses and the risk of false accusations and false confessions / Gisli H. Gudjonsson

5. Effects of drugs on witness memory / H. Valerie Curran

6. Recovered memory and false memory / Chris R. Brewin

7. Crime-related amnesia / Sven A. Christianson, Harald Merckelbach and Michael Kopelman

Section 2. Investigative perspectives --8. Have you told management about this?: bringing witness interviewing into the twenty-first century / Eric Shepherd and Rebecca Milne

9. Investigative interviewing with children: progress and pitfalls / Graham Davies and Helen West

10. Obtaining, recording and admissibility of out-of-court witness statements / Anthony Heaton-Armstrong, David Wolchover and Annabel Maxwell-Scott

11. Oral confessions to non-investigator witnesses / David Wolchover and Anthony Heaton-Armstrong

12. Interpreters and translators in the criminal legal process / Ann Corsellis and Amanda Clement

13. Witnesses who use British Sign Language / Jim Kyle

14. Investigative and evidential applications of forensic speech science / Peter French and Philip Harrison

15. Identifying the origins of evidential texts / Tim Grant

Section 3. Evidential perspectives --16. Forensic facial identification / Tim Valentine

17. Improving visual identification procedures under PACE Code D / David Wolchover and Anthony Heaton-Armstrong

18. Assessing contentious eyewitness evidence: a judicial view / Tom Bingham

19. Judging eyewitnesses, confessions, informants and alibis: what is wrong with juries and can they do better? / /Saul Kassin

20. Oral testimony from the witness's perspective - psychological and forensic considerations / Peter Dunn and Eric Shepherd

21. Disclosure of unused material by prosecution authorities and third parties / Anthony Heaton-Armstrong, David Corker and David Wolchover

22. The admissibility of expert evidence / David Ormerod and Andrew Roberts

23. Judicial training / William Young and Sam Katkhuda.

The book provides a guide to the decision-making processes and actions of the complete spectrum of practitioner involvement in the criminal justice process dealing with witness testimony, right from initial investigation through to court-room proceedings. The book looks in turn at each of the three inter-related perspectives upon a witness' account; psychological, investigative, and evidential, and considers relevant issues in each.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9780199278091

xlvii, 449 p.