Forensic

Identification of Area

Forensic Psychology is the field of psychology related to solving problems that are directly related to law and the courts, and as such this is the field which can be considered the most qualified to answer the question of whether or not eye witness identifications can be reliable. To fully understand the ways in which eye witness reliability is evaluated and enhanced we can narrow the focus down to two areas within Forensic Psychology which are most related to the question at hand the first of them being examining the accuracy of information provided by a witness to ensure they are providing correct information of their own personal experience related to the case and not just repeated facts they have heard or been told with no basis for said facts and the second is the establishment of methods to draw out pure reliable information from the witnesses together these factors will allow us to see how Forensic Psychology can and has been applied to the legal system and even more specifically are eye witness identifications reliable?

Factor 1

The nature of the courts is to protect society however in order to fulfil that goal when a person is accused of committing a serious crime it is necessary that all evidence brought to both prove their innocence and/or their guilt be examined in order to ensure that is not falsified in any way and as such when it comes to the more subjective evidence like a witnesses memory it may be called into question the any outside influences that manipulated the memory of the witness. This manipulation takes many different forms such as discussing the facts of the case with others, the witness interviewer accidently imposing their own belief of the facts upon the witness b...

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...rol groups who weren’t taught the I-I-E technique. Both groups gave different explanations as well the control group listed a lack of forensic evidence as the reason for a non-guilty verdict while the experimental group labelled a lack of accurate eye witness testimonies because of a flaw found using the I-I-Eye method. The article also list two other experiments performed testing the effectiveness of the I-I-Eye which showed similar results. These two articles show the ways in which Forensic Psychology has been used to find ways to enhance the reliability of eye witness identification through two different methods created by psychologist one way being to teach juries and legal professionals how to effectively asses eye witness testimonies and the other by enhancing the memory of the eye witness themselves creating a fairer and more accurate criminal justice system.