
The Psychology of Eyewitness Identification
exploring the relationship between traditional and alternative approaches to recognition
$114.41
- Hardcover
124 pages
- Release Date
3 December 2025
Summary
Unreliable Witness: Reforming Eyewitness Identification Through Psychology
Arguing for a need to modify investigatory and legal processes so that they align with the capabilities of witnesses and reflect the memorial and decision processes that inform recognition judgements, this book examines two radical alternative approaches to lineup-based recognition that do not require witnesses to identify a perpetrator: Non–categorical confidence and non–categorical similarity judgements.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781032942827 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1032942827 |
| Author: | Dominic T. Jordan, Adrian J. Scott, Donald M. Thomson |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 124 |
| Release Date: | 3 December 2025 |
| Weight: | 410g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 138mm |
| Series: | Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice |
About The Author
Dominic T. Jordan
Dominic T. Jordan is a Lecturer in Criminology at Edith Cowan University and a consultant researcher in the private sector. Dominic has previously held positions as a researcher within the Sellenger Centre for Research in Law, Justice, and Social Change, and as an officer of the Australian Government’s National Anti-Corruption Commission. His research examines the role of human memory in investigative contexts, with a particular focus on eyewitness identification.
Adrian J. Scott is a Reader (Associate Professor) in Psychology at Goldsmiths, University of London, where he is Co-Director of the Forensic Psychology Unit and of an accredited MSc programme in Forensic Psychology. Adrian is a chartered psychologist with associate fellow status within the British Psychological Society and has a broad interest in forensic psychology, specialising in the areas of investigative interviewing, eyewitness testimony, stalking, and image-based sexual abuse.
Donald M. Thomson is an Emeritus Professor of Psychology at Deakin University. During his career, Donald developed several postgraduate forensic psychology programmes in Australia, worked as a barrister at the Victorian Bar, and contributed to numerous professional bodies, law reform commissions, and advisory committees. He is a globally renowned expert in the areas of applied cognitive psychology, memory, recognition, and criminal law.
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