Acknowledgments

Contributors

Introduction: The Problem of Conviction of the Innocent
Brian L. Cutler

I. The Suspects

At-Risk Populations Under Investigation and at Trial
Robert J. Norris and Allison D. Redlich

II. The Investigators

Detecting Deception
Amy-May Leach

False Confessions
Lisa E. Hasel and Saul M. Kassin

Procedural Justice Evaluations in Interrogations
Diane Sivasubramaniam and Larry Heuer

III. The Eyewitnesses

Fallible Eyewitness Memory and Identification
Kathy Pezdek

Suggestive Eyewitness Identification Procedures
David M. Zimmerman, Jacqueline L. Austin, and Margaret Bull Kovera

Eyewitness Confidence Malleability
Amy Bradfield Douglass and Afton Pavletic

Why Do Motions to Suppress Suggestive Eyewitness Identifications Fail?
Gary L. Wells, Sarah M. Greathouse, and Laura Smalarz

Jurors Believe Eyewitnesses
Carolyn Semmler, Neil Brewer, and Amy Bradfield Douglass

IV. The Trial Witnesses

Unreliable Informant Testimony
Jeffrey S. Neuschatz, Nicholaos Jones, Stacy A. Wetmore, and Joy McClung

Alibi Witnesses
Tara M. Burke and St amp eacute phanie B. Marion

Psychological Perspectives on Problems With Forensic Science Evidence
Itiel E. Dror and Rebecca Bucht

V. Pervasive Issues

Race and Racism
Ellen S. Cohn, Donald Bucolo, and Samuel R. Sommers

Tunnel Vision
Keith A. Findley

VI. The Exonerated

Life After Wrongful Conviction
Kimberley A. Clow, Amy-May Leach, and Rosemary Ricciardelli

VII. Conclusion

Conclusion
Brian L. Cutler

Index

About the Editor

About the Author

Brian L. Cutler, PhD, received his doctorate in social psychology in 987 from the University of Wisconsin amp ndash Madison. He is a professor in the Faculty of Social Science and Humanities at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT), Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. Prior to joining UOIT's faculty, Dr. Cutler served on the psychology faculties at Florida International University and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Dr. Cutler has been conducting research on the psychology of eyewitness identification and its role in conviction of the innocent for more than 25 years. His research has been funded by the National Science Foundation.

In addition to this volume, he has authored and edited three books and more than book chapters and research articles about the psychology of eyewitness identification. His research has been cited in court cases, the media, other research, and psychology textbooks. In addition, Dr. Cutler has served as editor of the journal Law and Human Behavior, and he is currently president of the American Psychology-Law Society (Division 4 , APA).

In collaboration with his students and other eyewitness scientists, Dr. Cutler continues to maintain an active research program, focusing on eyewitness identification. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in various aspects of psychology, criminology, research methods, and writing for the social sciences.

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