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A preidentification questioning effect: serendipitously increasing correct rejections.

J E Dysart1, R C Lindsay

  • 1Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

Law and Human Behavior
|June 23, 2001
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Asking witnesses if they can reject a suspect in a lineup, before viewing it, significantly improves their ability to correctly reject innocent suspects in target-absent lineups.

Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Forensic Psychology
  • Cognitive Psychology

Background:

  • Eyewitness identification accuracy is crucial in criminal investigations.
  • Previous research indicated high correct rejection rates in simultaneous lineups, prompting further procedural examination.
  • A specific preidentification questionnaire altered previous methodologies.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the impact of preidentification questions on eyewitness accuracy.
  • To determine if a specific question about rejecting target-absent lineups influences identification performance.

Main Methods:

  • An experiment was conducted with 138 participants.
  • Participants were asked preidentification questions, including one assessing their confidence in rejecting a target-absent lineup.

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  • Witness accuracy in identifying suspects from simultaneous lineups was measured.

    • Main Results:

    • Asking preidentification questions significantly increased the rate of correct rejections for target-absent simultaneous lineups.
    • This suggests that pre-lineup questioning can enhance a witness's ability to exclude innocent individuals.

    Conclusions:

    • Preidentification questioning, particularly regarding the ability to reject innocent suspects, can improve the reliability of eyewitness identifications.
    • This procedural modification offers a potential method to reduce wrongful accusations based on mistaken eyewitness identification.