Eyewitness Identification and the Accuracy of the Criminal Justice System

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dc.contributor.authorSteven E. Clark
dc.contributor.authorAaron S. Benjamin
dc.contributor.authorJohn T. Wixted
dc.contributor.authorLaura Mickes
dc.contributor.authorScott D. Gronlund
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-07T00:45:37Z
dc.date.available2017-03-07T00:45:37Z
dc.date.issued2015-10-01
dc.description.abstractThis article addresses the problem of eyewitness identification errors that can lead to false convictions of the innocent and false acquittals of the guilty. At the heart of our analysis based on signal detection theory is the separation of diagnostic accuracy—the ability to discriminate between those who are guilty versus those who are innocent—from the consideration of the relative costs associated with different kinds of errors. Application of this theory suggests that current recommendations for reforms have conflated diagnostic accuracy with the evaluation of costs in such a way as to reduce the accuracy of identification evidence and the accuracy of adjudicative outcomes. Our framework points to a revision in recommended procedures and a framework for policy analysis.en_US
dc.description.peerreviewYesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewnoteshttps://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/manuscript-submission-guidelinesen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/2372732215602267en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11244/49353
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherPolicy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences
dc.relation.urihttp://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2372732215602267
dc.rights.requestablefalseen_US
dc.subjecteyewitness identificationen_US
dc.subjecteyewitness memoryen_US
dc.subjectcriminal justiceen_US
dc.subjectpublic policyen_US
dc.subjecttheories of memoryen_US
dc.subjectlegal decision makingen_US
dc.titleEyewitness Identification and the Accuracy of the Criminal Justice Systemen_US
dc.typeResearch Articleen_US

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