Lexington Books
Pages: 246
Trim: 6¼ x 9
978-1-4985-7987-2 • Hardback • April 2019 • $111.00 • (£85.00)
978-1-4985-7989-6 • Paperback • November 2020 • $41.99 • (£32.00)
978-1-4985-7988-9 • eBook • April 2019 • $39.50 • (£30.00)
Margaret A. Hagen is professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Boston University.
Sou Hee Yang holds a J.D. from Columbia Law School.
Chapter 1 Experts In Eyewitness Cases…And The Alternatives
Chapter 2 What The Triers Of Fact Must Understand
Chapter 3 Supreme Court As Psychologists…Blinded to Science
Chapter 4 Attorneys as Psychologists: Perry v. New Hampshire
Chapter 5 Jurors as Psychologists
Chapter 6 Psychologists as Psychologists: Expert Testimony to Rectify Deficits in Jury Knowledge
Chapter 7 How to Make Expert Testimony Most Effective
“Hagen and Yang offer a thoughtful overview of the state of scientific research on threats to eyewitness reliability, the weaknesses of traditional legal safeguards designed to reduce erroneous convictions in eyewitness cases, and the manner in which expert psychological testimony can help reduce those errors. The authors cleverly reconsider the facts of leading Supreme Court eyewitness cases to demonstrate how attention to scientific research would have enriched the Court's analysis and decision making - a treat for lawyers and judges as well as researchers.”
— Steven Penrod, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
“Both ordinary jurors and the United States Supreme Court are woefully ignorant of the real perils of eyewitness testimony, as the authors' thorough review of the latest research and the case law demonstrates. How Can So Many Be Wrong? ably provides all the elements, both scientific and legal, that trial lawyers need to make a powerful case that expert testimony is required to ensure a fair trial in cases that depend on eyewitness identification.”
— Michael Avery, President, National Police Accountability Project