Interpreting eyewitness confidence: What do you mean when you say ‘pretty sure’?
SUBSCRIBE 23rd September 2020
ANALYSIS: The eyewitness identification of suspects often plays a crucial part in many criminal investigations and subsequent court proceedings; but as PhD researcher Pia Pennekamp explains, how confident a witness is about what they saw – and how that confidence is interpreted by police, juries and judges – needs greater clarity and a more standardised approach.