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The Field View: An Initial Examination Of An Exploratory Eyewitness Identification Procedure, Melissa Kavetski
The Field View: An Initial Examination Of An Exploratory Eyewitness Identification Procedure, Melissa Kavetski
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The field view is an identification procedure that was recently acknowledged in a national report assessing eyewitness identifications. However, the field view has not been empirically examined to date. In fact, very little is known regarding the effectiveness of the procedure. Because it is an exploratory procedure - used by police when they do not have a suspect in mind - it is important to determine how the field view fares in comparison to the traditional procedures such as lineups and showups, whereby police do have a suspect. Using a controlled, lab-based methodology, Study 1 examined correct and false identifications …