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Juror Decision Making When a Witness Makes Multiple Identification Decisions 1
Author(s) -
POZZULO JOANNA D.,
O'NEILL MONICA C.
Publication year - 2012
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.1559-1816.2011.00883.x
Subject(s) - suspect , witness , psychology , consistency (knowledge bases) , eyewitness identification , social psychology , identification (biology) , criminology , law , political science , computer science , data mining , artificial intelligence , botany , relation (database) , biology
Mock jurors ( N = 224) read a trial summary varying the consistency of the eyewitness's initial lineup identification (ID) decision and confidence. In all conditions, a second positive lineup ID of the suspect/defendant was made. Jurors perceived the witness's description of the criminal, IDs, and testimony overall as more reliable when the witness initially made a positive ID of the suspect who also was the defendant vs. a positive ID of a different suspect or a non‐ID. Ratings were also higher when the witness initially made a foil vs. non‐ID. Additionally, the witness's first lineup ID was perceived as more reliable when made with higher vs. lower confidence. Verdicts did not vary as a function of ID consistency.