Wilcock, R;
Crane, L;
Hobson, Z;
Nash, G;
Kirke-Smith, M;
Henry, LA;
(2018)
Supporting child witnesses during identification lineups: Exploring the effectiveness of registered intermediaries.
Applied Cognitive Psychology
, 32
(3)
pp. 367-375.
10.1002/acp.3412.
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Abstract
Performance at identification lineup was assessed in eighty‐five 6‐ to 11‐year‐old typically developing children. Children viewed a live staged event involving 2 male actors, and were asked to identify the perpetrators from 2 separate lineups (one perpetrator‐present lineup and one perpetrator‐absent lineup). Half the children took part in lineups adapted by a registered intermediary (an impartial, trained professional who facilitates understanding and communication between vulnerable witnesses and members of the justice system), and half took part in “best‐practice” lineups, according to the current guidance for eyewitness identification in England and Wales. Children receiving assistance from a registered intermediary (relative to children who received best‐practice lineups) were more accurate in their identifications for perpetrator‐present lineups, and there was some evidence that they were also more accurate for perpetrator‐absent lineups. This provides the first empirical evidence for the effectiveness of registered intermediary support during identification lineups.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Supporting child witnesses during identification lineups: Exploring the effectiveness of registered intermediaries |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1002/acp.3412 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3412 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2018 The Authors Applied Cognitive Psychology Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Keywords: | identification, intermediaries, child witnesses |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Psychology and Human Development |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10044378 |
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