Author Question: How reliable are people in terms of identifying suspects in lineups, showups, and photo arrays? How ... (Read 69 times)

penguins · **on:** Aug 17, 2018

How reliable are people in terms of identifying suspects in lineups, showups, and photo arrays? How would you feel going on trial on the basis of a single eyewitness who is a stranger to you with your liberty or life on the line?

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Match the term with the correct definition with regards to identification procedures.

Column 1:
showup
lineup
photographic array
a witness identifies the perpetrator in court
in-court showup
Column 1: suggestive lineup
Fourth Amendment
double-blind lineup

Column 2:
a flowed lineup that almost ensures that the victim or witness will identify the suspect
an identification procedure in which the suspect is brought before the witness (or victim) alone, so the witness can be asked whether that person is the perpetrator
a lineup procedure in which neither the witness nor the investigator staging the lineup knows who the suspect is
an identification procedure in which the suspect is placed alongside several other people who resemble him or her
procedure in which several photographs, including one of the suspect, are shown to a witness or victim, and he or she is asked to pick out the perpetrator

protects from an unlawful search or seizure conducted for the purpose of securing an identification

Kjones0604 · **Reply #1 on:** Aug 17, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Posted another one can you check that one too? Thanks.

Answer to Question 2

Column 1: lineup
Column 2: an identification procedure in which the suspect is placed alongside several other people who resemble him or her

Column 1: showup
Column 2: an identification procedure in which the suspect is brought before the witness (or victim) alone, so the witness can be asked whether that person is the perpetrator

Column 1: photographic array
Column 2: procedure in which several photographs, including one of the suspect, are shown to a witness or victim, and he or she is asked to pick out the perpetrator

Column 1: in-court showup
Column 2: a witness identifies the perpetrator in court

Column 1: suggestive lineup
Column 2: a flowed lineup that almost ensures that the victim or witness will identify the suspect

Column 1: double-blind lineup
Column 2: a lineup procedure in which neither the witness nor the investigator staging the lineup knows who the suspect is

Column 1: Fourth Amendment
Column 2: protects from an unlawful search or seizure conducted for the purpose of securing an identification