Suggestibility in Legal Contexts

A comprehensive survey of the theory, research and forensic implications related to suggestibility in legal contexts that includes the latest research. Provides a useful digest for academics and a trusted text for students of forensic and applied psychology A vital resource for legal practitioners who need to familiarize themselves with the subject Includes practical suggestions for minimizing witness suggestibility in interviews Features topics that focus on suggestibility at each stage - from witnessing a crime through to trial

Contributors ix Series Preface xi Preface xiii Acknowledgements xv 1 Suggestibility: A History and Introduction 1 Anne M. Ridley 2 The Misinformation Effect: Past Research and Recent Advances 21 Quin M. Chrobak and Maria S. Zaragoza 3 Interrogative Suggestibility and Compliance 45 Gisli H. Gudjonsson 4 Suggestibility and Memory Conformity 63 Fiona Gabbert and Lorraine Hope 5 Suggestibility and Individual Differences: Psychosocial and Memory Measures 85 Anne M. Ridley and Gisli H. Gudjonsson 6 Recovered Memories and Suggestibility for Entire Events 107 James Ost 7 Suggestibility and Individual Differences in Typically Developing and Intellectually Disabled Children 129 Kamala London, Lucy A. Henry, Travis Conradt and Ryan Corser 8 Suggestibility in Vulnerable Groups: Witnesses with Intellectual Disability, Autism Spectrum Disorder, and Older People 149 Katie L. Maras and Rachel Wilcock 9 Acute Suggestibility in Police Interrogation: Self-regulation Failure as a Primary Mechanism of Vulnerability 171 Deborah Davis and Richard A. Leo 10 Suggestibility and Witness Interviewing using the Cognitive Interview and NICHD Protocol 197 David J. La Rooy, Deirdre Brown and Michael E. Lamb 11 Suggestibility in Legal Contexts: What Do We Know? 217 Anne M. Ridley, Fiona Gabbert and David J. La Rooy Index 229