Familiarity and Conviction in the Criminal Justice System

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Familiarity and Conviction in the Criminal Justice System is written by Joanna Pozzulo and published by . It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0190874848 (ISBN 10) and 9780190874841 (ISBN 13).

Eyewitness research has focused mainly on stranger identification, but identification is also critical for the 'familiar stranger', and understanding how variability in an eyewitness's familiarity with the perpetrator may influence recall and recognition accuracy will facilitate swifter and more just resolutions to crime. 'Familiarity and Conviction in the Criminal Justice System' examines the notion of familiarity between an eyewitness/victim and a perpetrator, ranging from complete unfamiliarity (as with a total stranger) to a very familiar other. Authors Joanna Pozzulo, Emily Pica, and Chelsea Sheahan define what is meant by 'familiarity' in an eyewitness context and how it has been operationalized and manipulated, exploring factors that may interact with familiarity and examining jurors' perceptions of it.