The Psychology of Eyewitness Testimony: A Comparison of Experts and Prospective Jurors

Saul M. Kassin · Kimberly A. Barndollar

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Jury Decision Making Processes Legal processes and jurisprudence Memory Processes and Influences

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To compare people's beliefs about eyewitness testimony with expert opinion, 79 college students and community adults filled out a questionnaire in which they reported whether they agreed or disagreed with 21 statements previously used in a survey of eyewitness experts (Kassin, Ellsworth, & Smith, 1989). The results indicated that there was a significant inter‐item correlation of agreement rates but that subjects differed from the experts on 15 of these items. For courts seeking to determine the extent to which juries need assistance in their evaluations of eyewitness evidence, these findings offer a tentative list of topics worthy of either expert testimony or cautionary instructions from the judge.

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