Drunk Not Blind: The Effects of High Alcohol Doses on Eyewitness Identifications.

• Intoxicated witnesses often exceed the legal BAC limit of .08 (Evans et. al, 2009); however, little research has examined how high levels of intoxication impair eyewitnesses’ memory using a lineup procedure. This study tested witnesses’ memory across a broad BAC spectrum (.00-.32). Bar patrons were recruited to watch a mock crime video before making an identification from either a target-absent or target-present lineup. Results suggest that intoxicated witness’ identification performance parallels that of sober witnesses, but highly intoxicated witnesses are less confident in their identifications. Implications for collecting evidence from intoxicated witnesses are discussed.

Ämnesord

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Psykologi -- Tillämpad psykologi (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Psychology -- Applied Psychology (hsv//eng)

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Psykologi (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Psychology (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

alcohol

witness memory

faces

lineup

accuracy

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