Eyewitness Reliability in Motor Vehicle Crashes: A Primer for Practitioners, Second Edition

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Product Description Eyewitnesses, especially in testimony, can be a mess. Two witnesses can contradict one another over the same accident scene. Some acquire post-event misinformation. And human memory, always unreliable, plays a crucial role. Now you can be prepared with this book, exploring all the fallible aspects of eyewitness testimony. You will learn how a jury evaluates eyewitness testimony on the basis of witness confidence and personality. This book teaches you to counteract this by knowing what questions to ask your witnesses to get the most accurate information, where to undermine the eyewitness testimony against you, and how to avoid the pitfalls of eyewitness evidence. Dr. Robins cites case studies, research, and seminar demonstrations that are both interesting and educational. By learning from one of the world's experts, you will make eyewitness testimony an asset to your case. From the Back Cover Eyewitnesses, especially in testimony, can be a mess. Two witnesses can contradict one another over the same accident scene. Some acquire post-event misinformation. And human memory, always unreliable, plays a crucial role. Now you can be prepared with this book, exploring all the fallible aspects of eyewitness testimony. You will learn how a jury evaluates eyewitness testimony on the basis of witness confidence and personality. This book teaches you to counteract this by knowing what questions to ask your witnesses to get the most accurate information, where to undermine the eyewitness testimony against you, and how to avoid the pitfalls of eyewitness evidence. Dr. Robins cites case studies, research, and seminar demonstrations that are both interesting and educational. By learning from one of the world's experts, you will make eyewitness testimony an asset to your case. About the Author Patrick J. Robins received a Ph.D. in Social/Industrial Psychology from the University of Manitoba in 1983 and began a teaching career in the Department of Psychology at Ryerson Polytechnic University in Toronto, Canada that same year. In 1988, he joined Ryerson’s newly founded Vehicle Safety Research Centre, one of eight multi-disciplinary university- based teams in Canada contracted by Transport Canada to provide national motor vehicle accident and defect investigations. He was the Senior Collision Investigator and Team Manager when he left the Ryerson Team in 1997 to devote his full attention to his collision reconstruction business in Toronto. His company, Virtual Crash Animation and Reconstruction, provides consultation on a variety of traffic crash reconstruction issues, including human factors. Dr. Robins has regularly taught crash reconstruction courses including human factors training for the University of North Florida’s Institute of Police Technology and Management as well as both the Canadian Police College and the Ontario Provincial Police College. He is a member of the Canadian Association of Technical Accident Investigators and Reconstructionists (CATAIR) and the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES).