Memory and Miscarriages of Justice

Memory is often the primary evidence in the courtroom, yet unfortunately this evidence may not be fit for purpose. This is because memory is both fallible and malleable; it is possible to forget and also to falsely remember things which never happened. The legal system has been slow to adapt to scientific findings about memory even though such findings have implications for the use of memory as evidence, not only in the case of eyewitness testimony, but also for how jurors, barristers, and judges weigh evidence. Memory and Miscarriages of Justice provides an authoritative look at the role of memory in law and highlights the common misunderstandings surrounding it while bringing the modern scientific understanding of memory to the forefront. Drawing on the latest research, this book examines cases where memory has played a role in miscarriages of justice and makes recommendations from the science of memory to support the future of memory evidence in the legal system. Appealing to undergraduate and postgraduate students of psychology and law, memory experts, and legal professionals, this book provides an insightful and global view of the use of memory within the legal system.

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Howe, Mark L.

Knott, Lauren M.

Conway, Martin A.

Psychology & Counseling

Psychology Press

Memory is often the primary evidence in the courtroom, yet unfortunately this evidence may not be fit for purpose. This is because memory is both fallible and malleable; it is possible to forget and also to falsely remember things which never happened. The legal system has been slow to adapt to scientific findings about memory even though such findings have implications for the use of memory as evidence, not only in the case of eyewitness testimony, but also for how jurors, barristers, and judges weigh evidence. Memory and Miscarriages of Justice provides an authoritative look at the role of memory in law and highlights the common misunderstandings surrounding it while bringing the modern scientific understanding of memory to the forefront. Drawing on the latest research, this book examines cases where memory has played a role in miscarriages of justice and makes recommendations from the science of memory to support the future of memory evidence in the legal system. Appealing to undergraduate and postgraduate students of psychology and law, memory experts, and legal professionals, this book provides an insightful and global view of the use of memory within the legal system.

The Fate of Early Memories divorces fact from fiction regarding the na ture, durability, and fallibility of memory. Beginning with a tour of the strengths and frailties of infant memory and the landmark achievem ents that lead to more mature functioning in early childhood, the book traces the emergence of autobiographical memory, the onset of a "cogn itive self," and the impact of both routine and unusual events on the durability of specific memories. The author considers the neurobiology of stress, the complex role of stress in storing and retrieving memor ies of traumatic and non-traumatic experiences, and the individual dif ferences that moderate the impact of stress on memory. What emerges is a dynamic, self-organizing, and unitary memory system, governed by a common set of laws across infancy, childhood, and adulthood, that is b est suited to retain the gist of our experiences.

The Fate of Early Memories: Developmental Science and the Retention of Childhood Experiences

Amer Psychological Assn

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Memory and Miscarriages of Justice

Memory and Miscarriages of Justice

The Fate of Early Memories: Developmental Science and the Retention of Childhood Experiences