News and Resources

Georgia State House Committee Approves Eyewitness Identification Reforms.  Atlanta Progressive News

Wells, Gary L.; Small, Mark; Penrod, Steven; Malpass, Roy S.; Fulero, Solomon M.; and Brimacombe, C. A. E., "Eyewitness Identification Procedures: Recommendations for Lineups and Photospreads", Law and Human Behavior, Vol. 22,No. 6, 1998.  

Wells, Gary L. and Olsen, Elizabeth A., "Eyewitness Testimony", Annual Review of Psychology, 54:277-95, 2003.

Malpass, R. S, Tredoux, C. G. & McQuiston-Surrett, D. E. (in press). Lineup construction and lineup fairness. in R. Lindsay, D. Ross, J. D. Read & M. P. Toglia (Eds.), Handbook of Eyewitness Psychology (Vol. 2): Memory for People. Lawrence Erlbaum & Associates

Maclin, O. H., Zimmerman, L. A. & Malpass, R. S. (2005). PC_Eyewitness and the Sequential Superiority Effect: Computer Based Lineup Administration. Law and Human Behavior, 29(3), 303-321

Penrod, Steven, "Eywitness Identification Evidence: How Well Are Witnesses and Police Performing",  Criminal Justice, Spring 2003, 

NIJ Research Report, "Eyewitness Evidence: A Guide for Law Enforcement", October 1999,

ABA Statement of Best Practices for Promoting the Accuracy of Eyewitness Identification Procedures, August, 2004,"

Doyle, James M. (2005) "True Witness: Cops, Courts, Science and the Battle Against Misidentification" New York, NY: Palgrave MacMillian

Leading Eyewitness Researchers and Partner Organizations

Useful links to leading researchers in the eyewitness identification field of study and organizations involved in the AJS Eyewitness Identification Field Studies.

State and Local Information

Links to state and local policies and reforms with respect to eyewitness identification.

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