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psychology of witness testimony  

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  • Eyewitnesses are important to the legal system; they report crimes, identify suspects in police lineups, and testify in court. The accuracy of eyewitness testimony has received a great deal of attention from psychologists, who have determined that witness memory can falter at any stage of the process: encoding, retention, and recall. [Source: Encyclopedia of Law & Society: American and Global Perspectives; Witness Testimony, Psychology Of]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-WS0P6124-1

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