Asking witnesses to “look past” possible appearance changes when identifying suspects not only doesn’t help identifications, it actually hinders them
As found in one of the studies in today's Crime Research Update
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Is the appearance change instruction ever helpful for eyewitness identifications?
Journal: Psychology, Crime & Law
Keywords: law
First author: Sneha Suresh (Claremont Graduate University) [+2 other authors]

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