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SUMMARY:Statistical Issues and Reliability of Eyewitness Identification - 
 Karen Kafadar (University of Virginia)
DTSTART:20160902T133000Z
DTEND:20160902T140000Z
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DESCRIPTION:<span>Among the 330 wrongful convictions identified by the Inn
 ocence&nbsp\;Project that were later overturned by DNA evidence resurrecte
 d&nbsp\;from the crime scene\, 238 (72%) involved eyewitness testimony.&nb
 sp\;Courtroom identifications from an eyewitness can be extremely powerful
  evidence in a trial. Yet memory is not a perfect ideo&nbsp\;recording of 
 events\; one&#39\;s recollection of the events surrounding&nbsp\;an incide
 nt is even less reliable. The U.S. National Academy of Sciences issued a r
 eport evaluating the scientific research on memory and eyewitness identifi
 cation. The Committee\, comprised&nbsp\;of researchers (statisticians\, ps
 ychologists\, sociologists) and&nbsp\;judicial system personnel (judges\, 
 attorneys) reviewed published&nbsp\;research on the factors that influence
  accuracy and consistency&nbsp\;of eyewitnesses&#39\; identifications\, co
 nducted via laboratory and&nbsp\;field studies. I will describe the resear
 ch on memory and&nbsp\;recollection\, shortcomings in the statistical meth
 ods used in&nbsp\;evaluating laboratory studies\, and Committee recommenda
 tions&nbsp\;for better statistical evaluation\, standardization of procedu
 res&nbsp\;and informing judicial personnel of factors that can negatively<
 br> impact accuracy of eyewitness testimony in the courtroom.</span>
LOCATION:Seminar Room 1\, Newton Institute
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