Understanding Eyewitness Memory by Sean M. Lane, Kate A. Houston - 9781479877119

New York University Press

Understanding Eyewitness MemoryTheory and Applications\nAuthor(s): Sean M. Lane, Kate A. Houston\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: New York University Press, United States\nImprint: New York University Press\nISBN-13: 9781479877119, 978-1479877119\nSynopsis\nAn essential overview of how perception and memory affect eyewitness testimony\n In 1981, sixteen-year-old Michael Williams was convicted on charges of aggravated rape based on the victim's eyewitness testimony. No other evidence was found linking him to the attack. After nearly twenty-four years, Williams was released after three separate DNA analyses proved his innocence. The victim still maintains that Williams was the culprit.\n This heartbreaking case is but one example of eyewitness error. In Understanding Eyewitness Memory, Sean M. Lane and Kate A. Houston delve into the science of eyewitness memory. They examine a number of important topics, from basic research on perception and memory to the implications of this research on.