Book description
A comprehensive survey of the theory, research and forensic
implications related to suggestibility in legal contexts that includes
the latest research.
- Provides a useful digest for academics and a trusted text for
students of forensic and applied psychology
- A vital resource for legal practitioners who need to familiarize
themselves with the subject
- Includes practical suggestions for minimizing witness
suggestibility in interviews
- Features topics that focus on suggestibility at each stage - from
witnessing a crime through to trial
Anne Ridley is Principal Lecturer in Psychology at London South
Bank University, UK, with particular interest in individual
differences in witness suggestibility as well as strategies for
supporting vulnerable witnesses in the legal system. In 2008 she was
awarded a National Teaching Fellowship by the Higher Education Academy.
Fiona Gabbert is a Reader in Psychology at the University of
Abertay Dundee, UK. She is an expert in the area of social influences
on memory, and has published widely on this topic, including a chapter
on 'memory conformity' in the current book. Another of Fiona's
interests is developing methods to obtain reliable evidence from
eyewitnesses. She received an Academic Excellence Award for
'Outstanding Achievements in the Area of Investigative Interviewing'
in 2011.
David La Rooy is a Reader in Psychology at the University of
Abertay Dundee, UK. He is also a Scottish Institute for Policing
Research Lecturer and his research focuses on issues surrounding the
forensic interviewing of children. He teaches evidence-based
investigative-interviewing and oversees the university's degree course
in Forensic Psychobiology.
