The Accuracy of Eyewitness Testimony in the Criminal Justice System

There are many discussions about the accuracy of eyewitness testimony in the criminal justice system all over the world. In particular, the discussion included false beliefs caused by false eyewitness testimonies (Areh, 2011; Howitt, 2012; Nelson, Laney, Bowman-Fowler, Knowles, Davis & Loftus, 2011). The purpose of this paper is to consider psychological studies on the accuracy of eyewitness testimony and its position in the criminal justice system. First of all, this article will explain how witnesses and their testimonies are used in the criminal justice system, and discussions on their use today.

Witnesses and testimony play a major role in today's criminal justice system, but skepticism of witnesses is rising. Forensic evidence is used to compromise the credibility of witness testimony and the main cause of false beliefs in the United States is witness mistakes. The role of eyewitness testimonies when generating false confessions and factors that reduced the reliability of these witnesses' testimonies have been sent

There are many discussions about the accuracy of eyewitness testimony in the criminal justice system all over the world. In particular, the discussion included false beliefs caused by false eyewitness testimonies (Areh, 2011; Howitt, 2012; Nelson, Laney, Bowman-Fowler, Knowles, Davis & Loftus, 2011). The purpose of this paper is to consider psychological studies on the accuracy of eyewitness testimony and its position in the criminal justice system. - In physics textbooks, heat is defined as energy transfer between the system and the environment. Heat is divided into three types of latent heat, specific heat, sensible heat. These three different types of thermal energy can be transmitted in various ways, such as conduction, convection, radiation. The transfer of heat is important as it ensures proper distribution