RT Article
T1 Don’t stop believing: the relative impact of internal alibi details on judgments of veracity
JF Psychology, crime & law
VO 23
IS 9
SP 899
OP 913
A1 Keeping, Zak
A2 Eastwood, Joseph
A2 Lively, Christopher J.
A2 Snook, Brent
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1736003836
AB The relative impact of five alibi components on the assessment of alibi veracity was investigated using a policy-capturing methodology. Participants (N = 115) were instructed to assume the role of a homicide investigator and evaluate 32 alibis that varied on five dichotomous variables: Salaciousness; Legality; Change in Details; Superfluous Details; and Specific Details. Participants evaluated the believability of each alibi, and the likelihood of the alibi provider’s guilt. Results indicated that participants tended to disbelieve suspects when illegal or salacious behaviours were mentioned within the alibi. Few decision policies contained Change in Details, Superfluous Details, or Specific Details. The potential implications for alibi assessments during police investigations are discussed.
K1 Alibi assessment
K1 Offending
K1 Policing
K1 Policy-capturing
DO 10.1080/1068316X.2017.1338700