Abstract

CECCONELLO, William Weber  and  STEIN, Lilian Milnitsky. Preventing Injustice: How Psychology of Testimony May Help Understanding and Preventing False Recognition of Suspects. Av. Psicol. Latinoam. [online]. 2020, vol.38, n.1, pp.172-188.  Epub Feb 16, 2021. ISSN 1794-4724.  https://doi.org/10.12804/revistas.urosario.edu.co/apl/a.6471.

Suspect recognition has a major probative value; howe ver, an innocent can be recognized as a perpetrator. A false recognition may occur due to normal memory functioning that may impair the encoding of the perpe trator's face or to forgetting stored information. During suspect recognition, the way he or she is presented, and the instructions in the procedures of recognition may also increase the probability of false identification. The paper aims to present how the cognitive process and procedures used for obtaining the testimony may lead to false recognition. Thus, we present literature recom mended procedures, aiming to reduce the probability of false recognition.

Keywords : Testimony psychology; eyewitness evidence; recognition; memory.

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