Odds & Ends (Mixed)
Bias and Misconduct have the same factors overall.
What is false?
Beliefs can change interactions in ways that create new confirming evidence.
What is Behavioral Confirmation?
Biased lineups can lead to wrongful convictions.
What is true?
Example: A girlfriend alibi may be dismissed, while an eyewitness identification is accepted as sincere.
What is an example of bias?
Once we believe a suspect is guilty, the belief can shape what we do with evidence.
What is Confirmation bias?
Police, Prosecutors, forensic analysts, defense attorneys, and judges.
What is people who can be influenced by bias?
Belief perseverance makes early errors hard to correct.
What is true?
The tendency to maintain a belief even after the evidence that created it has been weakened or discredited.
What is Belief perseverance?
Many people pick A SINGLE suspect from a lineup, from a description alone.
What is a biased lineup?
- Often unconscious.
- Actor may sincerely believe they are objective.
- Normal cognitive processes,
- Can distort judgment without intentional wrongdoing.
What is factors of bias?
A narrowed focus on one suspect or theory that filters the rest of the case.
What is tunnel vision?
A Home invasion and shooting case that was heavily influenced by bias.
What is Tony Ford case?
Once we know the answer, findings often feel like "common sense."
What is Hindsight bias?
When investigators were led to believe the suspect was guilty, they...
Asked more guilt-presumptive questions, used more pressure-filled techniques, judged the suspect as more guilty, & observers saw suspects as more defensive.
What is investigator bias?
The administrator either does not know the suspect's identity or cannot see which photo is being viewed. (in a lineup)
What is blind/blinded administration?