2026-05-20T04:56:10Zhttps://keep.lib.asu.edu/oai/requestoai:keep.lib.asu.edu:node-2004492025-04-21T23:35:47Zoai_pmh:alloai_pmh:repo_items200449
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2025-05
32 pages
Smith, Mikayla
DeCarolis, Claudine
Barnhart, Patricia
Smalarz, Laura
Barrett, The Honors College
Department of Psychology
School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
A detailed look into what eyewitness identification is, how our memory works and how our memory is malleable, specific variables that can lead to eyewitness misidentification (i.e. suspect bias variables, system variables, and estimator variables), why eyewitness identification is important in investigations and in the criminal justice system, and best practice guidelines and ideas for reform regarding this process.
Eyewitness Identification
Eyewitness Misidentification
Criminal Justice System
lineup
Wrongful conviction
suspect bias variable
Examination of Specific Variables That Lead to Eyewitness Misidentification and Why This Is Problematic to the Overall Effectiveness of the Criminal Justice System