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Title Alibis and corroborators : psychological, criminological, and legal perspectives / Joshua D. Behl, Megan R. Kienzle, editors
Published Cham, Switzerland : Springer Nature Switzerland AG, [2022]
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Contents Alibis and corroborators : psychological, criminological, and legal perspectives / Megan R. Kienzle and Joshua D. Behl -- We have to start somewhere : classifying alibis to launch a literature / Elizabeth A. Olson and Carolyn Morgan -- Generating alibi statements / Scott E. Culhane -- Alibi believability / Meredith Allison -- Towards a system variable approach to improving the quality of alibi evidence / Steve D. Charman and Laura Shambaugh -- Alibi assessment and believability across different legal systems and cultural contexts / Ricardo Nieuwkamp and Lore Mergaerts -- Child alibi corroborators / Heather L. Price, Andre Kehn, Mariah Sorby, Madison B. Harvey, Mary Cops, and Nikola Klassen -- The strategic use of alibi defenses / Kay L. Levine and Colin Miller -- The effect of erroneous alibis / Stephanie A. Cardenas, William E. Crozier, and Deryn Strange -- Future directions in alibi research / Joshua D. Behl and Megan R. Kienzle
Summary "This book aims to increase understanding of alibis and corroborators, examining the role alibis play - or fail to play - in innocence cases. It analyses the factors that can influence the suspect, the defense team, the alibi corroborator, and ultimately the alibi statement itself. Recognition of and reactions to wrongful convictions have been on the rise as researchers and society take a closer, more critical look at America's criminal justice system. In addition to serving as a complete review of the science, this volume discusses issues such as alibi generation; alibi believability; a proposed theory of alibis; international comparisons of issues in alibi corroboration; age and gender differences in alibi corroboration; attorney perceptions and use of alibi evidence; and erroneous alibis. Offering an in-depth, empirical view, this book will appeal to students and researchers interested in Criminology, Legal Psychology, Social Psychology, Law, and practitioners in our legal and criminal justice systems who are making tough decisions about this distinctive witness type." -- Back cover
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed May 25, 2022)
Subject Alibi -- United States
Witnesses -- Psychology
Alibi
Witnesses -- Psychology
Testimonis.
United States
Estats Units d'Amèrica.
Genre/Form Llibres electrònics.
Form Electronic book
Author Behl, Joshua D., editor.
Kienzle, Megan R., editor.
ISBN 9783030956639
3030956636