Contributions of Recollection and Distinctiveness to the Sequential Lineup Advantage

DNA测试证实了心理学家100年来所知道的：无辜的人被关在监狱里（有罪的人逍遥法外），错误的目击者身份是主要原因。现在已有程序保障措施，可以提高目击证人指认的可靠性。最新的和潜在的最有影响力的这种保障涉及进行阵容顺序（查看阵容成员一次一个），而不是同时（查看所有阵容成员一次）的方式。这项研究包括探索产生顺序排列优势的因素，特别是使用回忆的过程来记住犯罪者的独特细节。赠款工作还包括对顺序阵容如何工作的解释。其目标是通过对列队决策过程的理论理解，加强列队的适当进行，提高目击证人指认证据的可靠性。目击者识别的准确性永远不会完美，但它可以改进，如果顺序排列是解决方案的一部分，那么了解它们如何提高识别准确性是必不可少的。

Contributions of Recollection and Distinctiveness to the Sequential Lineup AdvantageDNA testing has confirmed what psychologists have known for 100 years: Innocent people are in prison (and guilty people at large) and faulty eyewitness identification is a primary contributor. Procedural safeguards now exist that can improve the reliability of eyewitness identification. The newest and potentially most influential such safeguard involves conducting lineups in a sequential (view lineup members one at a time) rather than simultaneous (view all lineup members at once) manner. The research in this grant includes an exploration of the factors that produce a sequential lineup advantage, specifically, using the process of recollection to remember a distinctive detail about the perpetrator. The grant work also includes the development of an explanation for how sequential lineups work. The goal is to enhance the reliability of eyewitness identification evidence through the proper conduct of lineups bolstered by a theoretical understanding of lineup decision processes. Eyewitness identification accuracy will never be perfect, but it can be improved, and if sequential lineups are part of the solution, understanding how they improve identification accuracy is essential.