Wrongful convictions and prototypical black features: can a face-type facilitate misidentifications?
Purpose. Eyewitness misidentification is the leading cause of wrongful convictions, and Black men, more than other racial groups, are affected by this memory error. A subgroup of Black men who have stereotypically Black features (dark skin, wide lips, and nose) are associated with the criminal-Black...
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2017
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Legal and criminological psychology
Year: 2017, Volume: 22, Issue: 2, Pages: 350-358 |
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