Lineup identification in young and older witnesses: does describing the criminal help or hinder?

Abstract The world population is getting older and, as a result, the number of older victims of crime is expected to increase. It is therefore essential to understand how ageing affects eyewitness identification, so procedures can be developed that enable victims of crime of all ages to provide evid...

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Published in:	Cognitive Research
Main Authors:	Juliet S. Holdstock, Polly Dalton, Keith A. May, Stewart Boogert, Laura Mickes
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	SpringerOpen 2022-06-01
Subjects:	Lineup Ageing Verbal overshadowing Eyewitness Discriminability Confidence
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s41235-022-00399-1

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