EFFECTS OF INCONSISTENT EYEWITNESS STATEMENTS ON MOCK-JURORS EVALUATIONS OF THE EYEWITNESS, PERCEPTIONS OF DEFENDANT CULPABILITY AND VERDICTS
EFFECTS OF INCONSISTENT EYEWITNESS STATEMENTS ON MOCK-JURORS EVALUATIONS OF THE EYEWITNESS, PERCEPTIONS OF DEFENDANT CULPABILITY AND VERDICTS
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DOI：
10.1007/bf01499074
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发表时间：
1995-02-01
影响因子：
2.5
通讯作者：
CUTLER, BL
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作者：
BERMAN, GL;NARBY, DJ;CUTLER, BL
在试图诋毁目击证人时，律师的一个常见策略是在盘问过程中强调目击证人回忆证词中的不一致之处，并鼓励陪审员根据这些不一致之处推断目击证人的记忆是错误的。本文通过一个实验来检验这种交叉询问策略的有效性。受试者观看了模拟交叉询问，并对目击者和被告做出了判断。不一致的证词类型在受试者之间被操纵。暴露于不一致的回忆证词的中心或外围细节的主题认为目击者不太可信（如证明了多个维度的评级）和被告的罪责较轻。核心细节的不一致导致定罪较少。结果表明，这种交叉询问战略是有效的。
In attempting to discredit an eyewitness, it is a common strategy for an attorney to highlight inconsistencies in the eyewitness's recall testimony during cross-examination and encourage the jurors to infer, based on those inconsistencies, that the eyewitness's memory is faulty. An experiment was conducted to examine the effectiveness of this cross-examination strategy. Subjects viewed a simulated cross-examination and rendered judgments about the eyewitness and defendant. The type of inconsistent testimony was manipulated between subjects. Subjects exposed to inconsistent recall testimony about either central or peripheral details perceived the eyewitness as less credible (as evidenced by ratings on multiple dimensions) and the defendant as less culpable. Inconsistency on central details led to fewer convictions. Results point to the effectiveness of this cross-examination strategy.