Effects of Lineup Modality on Witness Credibility

Authors

Hunter A. McAllister, Southeastern Louisiana University
Robert H.I. Dale, Butler UniversityFollow
Cynthia E. Keay, Southeastern Louisiana University

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1993

Publication Title

Journal of Social Psychology

First Page

365

Last Page

376

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00224545.1993.9712155

Abstract

Three experiments were conducted to explore the credibility of earwitness versus eyewitness testimony among American college students. Experiment 1 demonstrated that subjects were less likely to identify the perpetrator of a simulated crime in auditory lineups than in visual or auditory-visual lineups. In Experiment 2, subjects observed a videotaped witness from Experiment 1 make an identification. Contrary to actual accuracy data, subjects were as believing of the identifications made by auditory witnesses as they were of the identifications made by visual or auditory-visual witnesses. In Experiment 3, mock jurors in a simulated robbery trial believed auditory lineup identifications as much as they did visual or auditory-visual lineup identifications.

Rights

This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published in the Journal of Social Psychology in 1993, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/00224545.1993.9712155.

Recommended Citation

McAllister HA, Dale RHI, & Keay CE. (1993). Effects of Lineup Modality on Witness Credibility. Journal of Social Psychology. 133(3), 365-376. doi: 10.1080/00224545.1993.9712155. Available from: http://digitalcommons.butler.edu/facsch_papers/357