TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - The mystery man can help reduce false identification for child witnesses: Evidence from video line-ups
JO  - Applied cognitive psychology
A1  - Havard, Catriona
A1  - Memon, Amina
SP  - 50
EP  - 59
VL  - 27
IS  - 1
N2  - It is well established that children (as young as 5 years) can correctly identify a target from a target present (TP) line-up as accurately as adults; however, when shown a target absent (TA) line-up, children make more false identifications. In the present study, children aged 5-7 and 8-11 years viewed a film of a staged theft, then 1-2 days later were shown either a TP or TA video line-up. Half of the witnesses viewed line-ups that included a 'mystery man' (a black silhouette with a white question mark), which they could select if they did not recognise anyone from the line-up. When the 'mystery man' was present in the line-up, there were significantly fewer false identifications for the TA line-ups. This study shows that including a silhouette in a video line-up can help reduce false identifications for children as young as 5 years of age, without reducing correct identifications. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0888-4080
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/acp.2870
ID  - ref1
ER  -