Alibis and Corroborators: Psychological, Criminological, and Legal Perspectives [Paperback]

This book aims to increase understanding of alibis and corroborators, examining the role alibis play  or fail to play  in innocence cases. It analyses the factors that can influence the suspect, the defense team, the alibi corroborator, and ultimately the alibi statement itself. Recognition of and reactions to wrongful convictions have been on the rise as researchers and society take a closer, more critical look at Americas criminal justice system. In addition to serving as a complete review of the science, this volume discusses issues such as alibi generation; alibi believability; a proposed theory of alibis; international comparisons of issues in alibi corroboration; age and gender differences in alibi corroboration; attorney perceptions and use of alibi evidence; and erroneous alibis.

Offering an in-depth, empirical view, this book will appeal to students and researchers interested in Criminology, Legal Psychology, Social Psychology, Law, and practitioners in our legaland criminal justice systems who are making tough decisions about this distinctive witness type.

 

Chapter1. Alibis and Corroborators: Psychological, Criminological, and Legal Perspectives.- Chapter2. We Have to Start Somewhere: Classifying Alibis to Launch a Literature.- Chapter3. Generating Alibi Statements.- Chapter4. Alibi Believability.- Chapter5. Towards a System Variable Approach to Improving the Quality of Alibi Evidence.- Chapter6. Alibi Assessment and Believability Across Different Legal Systems and Cultural Contexts.- Chapter7. Child Alibi Corroborators.- Chapter8. The Strategic Use of Alibi Defenses.-  Chapter9. The Effect of Erroneous Alibis.- Chapter10. Future Directions in Alibi Research.This book is a very welcomed contribution to the relatively developing domain of alibis and corroborators. It is a must-read lS-