Doctoral Dissertation Research: He Said, She Said: Can Jurors Accurately Evaluate Hearsay Evidence?

9409681汤普森这项研究是一系列实验，考察人们评估有关儿童庭外陈述的传闻证据准确性的能力。该项目将首先审查影响成年证人就儿童陈述作证的准确性的因素，特别侧重于证人先入为主的影响，以及证人考虑到询问儿童时使用的暗示技巧的影响的能力。最后，这项研究将测试人们评估成年传闻证人证词的能力，重点是他们是否考虑了已知的影响传闻证人可靠性的因素。这些研究揭示了法理学中关于级联推理准确性的重要理论问题。它们还将具有相当大的实用价值，因为它阐明了人们评估传闻证据准确性的认知因素。***

9409681 THOMPSON This research is a series of experiments examining the ability of people to evaluate the accuracy of hearsay evidence about out-of- court statements by children. The project will first examine factors that affect the accuracy of testimony by an adult witness regarding a child's statements, focusing particularly on the effects of witness preconceptions and on the ability of the witness to take into account the effects of suggestive techniques used in interviewing children. Sesondly, the study will test the ability of people to evaluate the testimony of the adult hearsay witnesses, focusing on whether they take into account factors known to influence the reliability of hearsay witnesses. These studies cast light on important theoretical issues concerning the accuracy of cascaded inference in jurisprudence. They will also have considerable practical value by illuminating the cognitive factors that underly the ability of people to evaluate the accuracy of hearsay evidence. ***