Witness Testimony Psychological, Investigative and Evidential Perspectives [Paperback]

This book provides a comprehensive and easily accessible guide to the decision-making and actions of the complete spectrum of practitioner involvement in the criminal justice process, right from initial investigation through to court-room proceedings.


Foreword
Preface
Introduction
List of Editors and Contributors
Editors' Curriculum Vitae
Table of Cases
Table of Codes of Practice
Table of Primary Legislation
Table of Secondary Legislation
Table of Treaties and Convention
Introduction
Section 1 Psychological Perspectives
1. General Reviews of the Psychology of Witness Memory,Elizabeth Loftus, David Wolchover and Douglas Page
2. Detecting Deception in Legal Contexts,Aldert Vrij
3. The Effect of Learning Disabilities on Witness Testimony,Glynis Murphy and Isabel C.H. Clare
4. The Psychological Vulnerabilities of Witnesses and the Risk of False Accusations and False Confessions,Gisli H. Gudjonsson
5. Effects of Drugs on Witness Memory,H. Valerie Curran
6. Recovered Memory and False Memory,Chris R. Brewin
7. Crime-related Amensia,Sven ??. Christianson, Harold Merckelbach and Michael Kopelman
Section 2 Investigative Perspectives
8. 'Have you ever told Management about this?': Bringing Witness Interviewing into the Twenty-first Century,Eric Shepherd and Rebecca Milne
9. Investigative Interviewing with Children: Progress and Pitfalls,Graham Davies and Helen Westcott
10. Obtaining, Recording and Admissability of Out-of-Court Witness Statements,Anthony Heaton-Armstrong, David Wolchover and Annabel Maxwell-Scott
11. Oral Convessions to Non-Investigator Witnesses,David Wolchover and Anthony Heaton-Armstrong
12. Interpreters and Translators in the Criminal‰