RT Article
T1 The own-race bias in child and adolescent witnesses: Evidence from video line-ups
JF International journal of police science & management
VO 19
IS 4
SP 261
OP 272
A1 Havard, Catriona
A1 Humphries, Joyce E.
A1 Memon, Amina
A2 Humphries, Joyce E.
A2 Memon, Amina
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1764708326
AB This study investigated the own-race bias in British school children using an eyewitness paradigm. Some 319 participants viewed films of two similar staged thefts, one that depicted a Caucasian culprit and the other an Asian culprit, and then after a delay of 2-3 days, viewed a line-up for each culprit. One hundred and seventy-six of the participants were Caucasian and 143 were Asian. There were also two age groups: 164 were aged 7-9 years and 152 were 12-14 years. There was a significant own-race bias for Caucasian participants from both age groups that resulted in more correct identifications for the own-race culprit from target present line-ups and more false identifications for the target absent line-ups. Asian participants from both age groups showed no own-race bias and performed equally accurately for culprits of both races. Measures of inter-racial contact were associated with correct responses for other-race targets and revealed that the majority of Caucasian participants in the current sample had very little contact with Asians, whereas the majority of Asian participants had high levels of contact with Caucasians.
K1 Line-up identification
K1 adolescent witness
K1 Child witness
K1 cross-race identification
K1 Eyewitness memory
K1 own-race bias
K1 video line-up
DO 10.1177/1461355717731579