Preschoolers' person description and identification accuracy: A comparison of the simultaneous and elimination lineup procedures

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 667-676

  Pozzulo, Joanna D ^a   Dempsey, Julie ^a   Crescini, Charmagne ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Elimination lineup; Eyewitness; Identification; Lineup; Person description; Recall; Recognition; Simultaneous lineup

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350754223     PISSN: 01933973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2009.01.004     Document Type: Article

References (42)

1. Beal C.R., Schmitt K.L., and Deckle D.J. Eyewitness identification of children: Effects of absolute judgments, nonverbal response options, and event encoding. Law and Human Behavior 19 (1995) 197-261
2. Brigham J.C., and Brandt C.C. Measuring lineup fairness: Mock witness responses versus direct evaluations of lineups. Law and Human Behavior 16 (1992) 475-489
3. Ceci S.J., and Bruck M. Suggestibility of the child witness: A historical review and synthesis. Psychological Bulletin 113 (1993) 403-439
4. Ceci S.J., and Bruck M. Jeopardy in the courtroom (1995), American psychological Association, Washington, DC
5. Clark S.E., and Davey S.L. The target to foils shift in simultaneous and sequential lineups. Law and Human Behavior 29 (2005) 151-172
6. Cohen R.L., and Harnick M.A. The susceptibility of child witnesses to suggestion: An empirical study. Law and Human Behavior 4 (1980) 201-210
7. Cutler B., and Penrod S. Improving the reliability of eyewitness identification: Lineup construction and presentation. Journal of Applied Psychology 73 (1988) 281-290
8. Davies G.M., Stevenson-Robb Y., and Flin R. Tales out of school: Children's memory for an unexpected incident. In: Gruneberg M., Morris P., and Sykes R. (Eds). Practical aspects of memory Vol. 1 (1988), Wiley, Chichester 122-127
9. Davies G.M., Tarrant A., and Flin R. Close encounters of the witness kind: Children's memory for a simulated health inspection. British Journal of Psychology 80 (1989) 415-429
10. Dent H.R. Experimental studies of interviewing child witnesses. In: Doris J. (Ed). The suggestibility of children's recollections (1991), American Psychological Association, Washington, DC 138-146
11. Dent H., and Stephenson G. An experimental study of the effectiveness of different techniques of questioning child witnesses. British Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology 18 (1979) 41-51
12. Freire A., Lee K., Williansom K.S., Stuart S.J.E., and Lindsay R.C.L. Lineup identification by children: Effects of clothing bias. Law and Human Behavior 28 (2004) 339-354
13. Goodman G.S. Children's testimony: A historical perspective. Journal of Social Issues 40 (1984) 9-32
14. Kail R. The development of memory in children. (3rd ed.). (1990), W.H. Freeman and Company, New York
15. Leippe M.L., Romanczyk A., and Manion A.P. Eyewitness memory for a touching experience: Accuracy differences between child and adult witnesses. Journal of Applied Psychology 76 (1991) 367-379
16. Levi A.M. An analysis of multiple choices in MSL lineups, and a comparison with simultaneous and sequential ones. Psychology, Crime, and Law 12 (2006) 273-285
17. Lindsay R.C.L., Lea J.A., and Fulford J.A. Sequential lineup presentation: Techniques matters. Journal of Applied Psychology 76 (1991) 741-745
18. Lindsay R.C.L., Pozzulo J.D., Craig W., Lee K., and Corber S. Simultaneous lineups, sequential lineups, and showups: Eyewitness identification decisions of adults and children. Law and Human Behavior 21 (1997) 391-404
19. Lindsay R.C.L., and Wells G.L. Improving eyewitness identifications from lineups: Simultaneous versus sequential lineup presentation. Journal of Applied Psychology 3 (1985) 556-564
20. Lipmann O. Pedagogical psychology of report. Journal of Educational Psychology 2 (1911) 253-261
21. Luus C.A.E., and Wells G.L. Eyewitness identification and the selection of distractors for lineups. Law and Human Behavior 15 (1991) 43-57
22. Marin B.V., Holmes D.L., Guth M., and Kovac P. The potential of children as eyewitnesses. Law and Human Behavior 3 (1979) 295-305
23. McQuinston-Surrett D., Malpass R.S., and Tredoux C.G. Sequential vs. simultaneous lineups: A review of methods, data, and theory. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law 12 (2006) 137-169
24. Parker J.F., and Carranza L.E. Eyewitness testimony of children in target-present and target-absent lineups. Law and Human Behavior 13 (1989) 133-149
25. Parker J.F., and Ryan V. An attempt to reduce guessing behavior in children's and adults' eyewitness identifications. Law and Human Behavior 17 (1993) 11-26
26. Pozzulo J.D. Lineup identification by children. In: Lindsay R.C.L., Ross D.F., Read J.D., and Toglia M.P. (Eds). Handbook of eyewitness psychology (2007), Lawrence Erlbaum and Associates, Mahwah, NJ 283-307
27. Pozzulo J.D., and Balfour J. Children's and adults' eyewitness identification accuracy when a culprit changes his appearance: Comparing simultaneous and elimination lineup procedures. Legal and Criminological Psychology 11 (2006) 25-34
28. Pozzulo J.D., Dempsey, J., Corey S., Girardi A., Lawandi A., and Aston C. Can a lineup procedure designed for child witnesses work for adults: Comparing simultaneous, sequential, and elimination lineup procedures. Journal of Applied Social Psychology 38 (2008) 2195-2209
29. Pozzulo, J. D., Dempsey,, J. L., & Gascoigne, E. (in press). Eyewitness accuracy when making multiple independent identifications from elimination lineups. Psychiatry, Psychology, and Law.
30. Pozzulo J.D., and Lindsay R.C.L. Identification accuracy of children versus adults: A meta-analysis. Law and Human Behavior 22 (1998) 549-570
31. Pozzulo J.D., and Lindsay R.C.L. Elimination lineups: An improved identification procedure for child witnesses. Journal of Applied Psychology 84 (1999) 167-176
32. Pozzulo J.D., and Warren K. Descriptions and identifications of strangers by youth and adult eyewitnesses. Journal of Applied Psychology 88 (2003) 315-323
33. Pryke S., Lindsay R.C.L., Dysart J.E., and Dupuis P. Multiple independent identification decisions: A method of calibrating eyewitness identifications. Journal of Applied Psychology 89 (2004) 73-84
34. Raskin D.C., and Yuille J.C. Problems in evaluating interviews of children in sexual abuse cases. In: Ceci S.J., Ross D.F., and Toglia M.P. (Eds). Children's eyewitness memory (1989), Springer Verlag, New York 184-207
35. Roebers C.M., and Schneider W. Memory for an observed event in the presence of prior misinformation: Developmental patterns of free recall and identification accuracy. British Journal of Developmental Psychology 19 (2001) 507-524
36. Saywitz K.J., and Snyder L. Narrative elaboration: Test of a new procedure for interviewing children. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 64 (1996) 1347-1357
37. Schwartz-Kenney B.M., Bottoms B.L., and Goodman G.S. Improving children's person identification. Child Maltreatment 1 (1996) 121-133
38. Steblay N., Dysart J., Fulero S., and Lindsay R.C.L. Eyewitness accuracy rates in sequential and simultaneous lineup presentations: A meta-analytic comparison. Law and Human Behavior 25 (2001) 459-472
39. Wells G.L. The psychology of lineup identifications. Journal of Applied Social Psychology 14 (1984) 89-103
40. Wells G.L., and Lindsay R.C.L. On estimating the diagnosticity of eyewitness nonidentifications. Psychological Bulletin 88 (1980) 776-784
41. Whipple G.M. Psychology of testimony and report. Psychological Bulletin 9 (1912) 106-117
42. Yuille J.C., Hunter R., Joffe R., and Zaparniuk J. Interviewing children in sexual abuse cases. In: Goodman G., and Bottoms B. (Eds). Child Victims, child witnesses: Understanding and improving testimony (1993), Guilford Press, New York, NY 95-115