Eye-Witness Identification in Criminal Cases [electronic resource].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wall, Patrick.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crime--Identification.

Witnesses--United States.

Witnesses.

Local Subjects:

Crime--Identification.

Witnesses--United States.

Witnesses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Edition:

3rd ed.

Place of Publication:

: Charles C Thomas, 1965.

Summary:

Experts have stated that the conviction of the innocent is more often caused by erroneous identification than by any other single factor. The author probes the subject in depth, pointing out the danger of this type of evidence and analyzing police practices which contribute to the danger. He shows how those procedures could be improved and explains the relationship between certain rules of evidence and the identification problem. He suggests rules of criminal procedure and evidence which would go a long way toward alleviating the problem. Over 150 American cases as well as cases from such fore

Contents:

""HALF TITLE: Eye-Witness Identification in Criminal Cases""; ""TITLE PAGE: Eye-Witness Identification in Criminal Cases""; ""TO MY WIFE MARY CATHERINE""; ""FOREWORD""; ""PREFACE""; ""CONTENTS""; ""Eye-Witness Identification in Criminal Cases""; ""PART I""; ""Chapter I: THE IDENTIFICATION PROBLEM""; ""Chapter II: CORPOREAL IDENTIFICATION""; ""Chapter III: IDENTIFICATION BY PHOTOGRAPH""; ""Citapter IV: DANGER SIGNALS""; ""PART II""; ""Chapter V: EVIDENCE OF PRIOR IDENTIFICATION""; ""Chapter VI: CORROBORATION AND WARNING""; ""Chapter VII: MISCELLANEOUS PRECAUTIONS""

""Chapter VIII: CONCLUSION""""BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""TABLE OF CASES""; ""TABLE OF CONSTITUTIONS AND STATUTES""; ""INDEX""

Notes:

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ISBN:

0-398-08989-2

OCLC:

855969894