Subjects:

Advocacy, Evidence

Contents:

Human Memory in the Real World

Contamination of Witness Memory

The Influence of Drugs on Testimony

The Frailty of Children's Testimony

Testimony from Persons with Mental Disorders

Witness Testimony in Sleep and Dream-related Contexts

Physical Illness and their Potential Influence

Complaints of Sexual Misconduct

Full and Faithful: Ensuring Quality Practice and Integrity of Outcome in Witness Interviews

Obtaining Detailed Testimony: The Cognitive Interview

Hypnotically

Induced Testimony

Identification Parades: Psychological and Practical Realities

Earwitness Testimony

Getting Heads Together: Police Collaborative Testimony

Recording Witness Statements

The Influence of Witness Appearance and Demeanour on Witness Credibility

Identifying Anomaly in Evidential Text

Admissibility of Expert Psychological and Psychiatric Testimony

Problematic Testimony.

Out Of Print
The consideration of witness testimony had traditionally been a task left to fact-finders with scant guidance from legal professionals. As a result, various practices have developed during the investigative and trial process which can obscure or even eradicate critical material.

Miscarriages of justice will continue to occur, so long as those working within the justice system continue to accept witnesses and their testimony at face value.This book aims to make practitioners, as well as the fact-finders and those who guide them, aware of a wide range of perspectives on witness testimony.

Each contributor identifies bad practice and puts forward ideas for improvement or removal of previously acceptable investigative and forensic methods.