Eyewitness Testimony: With a New Preface

by Elizabeth F. Loftus

Book Overview

Every year hundreds of defendants are convicted on little more than the say-so of a fellow citizen. Although psychologists have suspected for decades that an eyewitness can be highly unreliable, new evidence leaves no doubt that juries vastly overestimate the credibility of eyewitness accounts. It is a problem that the courts have yet to solve or face squarely.

In Eyewitness Testimony, Elizabeth Loftus makes the psychological case...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674287770
• ISBN13: 9780674287778
• Release Date: March 1996
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

This is a psych/law bible!

Loftus's book is an excellent source for any memory and law questions that may arise. It is also extremely interesting for those who are new to the field. She talks all about mistaken identification due to eyewitness identification evidence. She is most definetly THE LEADING EXPERT in the field.