Are jurors' perceptions of eyewitness credibility affected by the cognitive interview?

Autor: Michelle R. McCauley, Ronald P. Fisher, Eileen W. Mello
Rok vydání: 1999
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Zdroj: Psychology, Crime & Law. 5:167-176
ISSN: 1477-2744
1068-316X
DOI: 10.1080/10683169908414999
Popis: Ninety-one college subjects listened to Cognitive Interviews (CI) and Standard police interviews of 7-year old children who were attempting to describe an earlier incident of playing a game of Simon Says. The subjects evaluated the witness's credibility and also the interviewer's manipulativeness. The perceived credibility of the witness was not affected by the type of interview, i.e., the CI did not render the witness unduly credible. In addition, the CI interviewer was judged to be less manipulative than the Standard police interviewer. These results were discussed in light of some potential legal concerns about using the CI.
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