NDLI: The False Recognition Effect in Criminal Profiling

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Author	Bennell, Craig Mugford, Rebecca Taylor, Alyssa Bloomfield, Sarah Wilson, Catherine M.
Copyright Year	2008
Abstract	A study was conducted to examine the false recognition effect in criminal profiling. Participants (N = 83) were presented with a crime scene description and a criminal profile made up of semantically related statements. After a one week delay, the task for each participant was to recognize statements from a suspect description that were included in the profile, either with or without the profile in front of them. The suspect description consisted of descriptors that were: (1) included in the profile, (2) related to, but not included in the profile, and (3) unrelated to the profile. Participants in the memory-based condition also had to indicate, for each recognized item, whether they actually remembered reading the statement or simply knew that they had read it. Results indicate that participants who had to rely on their memory were more likely to recognize descriptors that were related to the profile, but not included in it, and these participants frequently indicated that they remembered, rather than simply knew, that they had experienced these statements. Potential explanations for these findings, implications for profiling practices, and directions for future research are discussed.
Starting Page	71
Ending Page	80
Page Count	10
File Format	PDF
ISSN	08820783
Journal	Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology
Volume Number	23
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	19366469
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2008-08-29
Publisher Institution	Society for Police and Criminal Psychology
Publisher Place	Boston
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Criminal profiling False memory False recognition Phantom recollection Criminology & Criminal Justice Law and Psychology Psychology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Law Applied Psychology

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