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Can a Lineup Procedure Designed for Child Witnesses Work for Adults? Comparing Simultaneous, Sequential, and Elimination Lineup Procedures
Author(s) -
Pozzulo Joanna D.,
Dempsey Julie,
Corey Shevaun,
Girardi Alberta,
Lawandi Alex,
Aston Cory
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2008.00387.x
Subject(s) - psychology , identification (biology) , ideal (ethics) , economic justice , social psychology , law , botany , political science , biology
A study ( N = 165) was conducted to examine whether the elimination lineup, an identification procedure developed for children to reduce their false‐positive responding, was effective for adult witnesses. Although the sequential lineup is available to help reduce adults’ false‐positive identifications, having different procedures for child and adult witnesses poses difficulty for the police and justice system. One procedure for all witnesses would be ideal. Simultaneous, sequential, and elimination procedures were compared. The elimination procedure produced a comparable correct rejection rate to the sequential procedure. Both the elimination and sequential procedure produced a higher correct rejection rate than did the simultaneous procedure. Correct identification rates were comparable across the 3 lineup procedures.