A showup identification is the presentation of a single suspect to an eyewitness. I used a
simulated theft paradigm and subsequent showup identification to examine the effects of stolen
property, suspects’ verbal behaviour, and target-presence on eyewitness identification
performance. I used a 2 (suspect: innocent, guilty) X 2 (stolen property: present, hidden) X 3
(verbal behaviour: denial with explanation, denial, silence) between-subjects factorial design.
Binary logistic regression analysis indicated that both the target and stolen property,
independently, and significantly predicted the accuracy of identification decisions. Surprisingly,
the presence of stolen property facilitated more accurate identification decisions from
eyewitnesses. / UOIT
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:OOSHDU.10155/145 |
| Date | 01 April 2011 |
| Creators | Smith, Andrew |
| Contributors | Cutler, Brian |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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