Evaluating eyewitnesses: Translating expressions of pre‐ and post‐identification confidence
Daniella K. Cash,
Tiffany D. Russell,
Alan T. Harrison
et al.
Abstract:Although the confidence‐accuracy relationship is now well established, confidence assessments are usually taken after the lineup identification procedure. Witnesses, however, often express confidence in their potential identification accuracy at other times, such as prior to seeing a lineup. Recent research has shown that these post‐identification confidence statements are not consistently interpreted in the manner witnesses intend them. The present studies compare interpretations of pre‐ and post‐identificati… Show more
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