Policy forum: Studying eyewitness investigations in the field

Daniel L. Schacter; Robyn Dawes; Larry L. Jacoby; Daniel Kahneman; Richard Lempert; Henry L. Roediger; Robert Rosenthal

doi:10.1007/s10979-007-9093-9

Policy forum: Studying eyewitness investigations in the field

Daniel L. Schacter, Robyn Dawes, Larry L. Jacoby, Daniel Kahneman, Richard Lempert, Henry L. Roediger, Robert Rosenthal

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This article considers methodological issues arising from recent efforts to provide field tests of eyewitness identification procedures. We focus in particular on a field study (Mecklenburg 2006) that examined the "double blind, sequential" technique, and consider the implications of an acknowledged methodological confound in the study. We explain why the confound has severe consequences for assessing the real-world implications of this study.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3-5
Number of pages	3
Journal	Law and Human Behavior
Volume	32
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10979-007-9093-9
State	Published - Feb 2008

Keywords

Double blind sequential procedure
Eyewitness identification
Field studies

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