ERIC Number: ED482533
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2003-Sep
Pages: 205
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Eyewitness Evidence: A Trainer's Manual for Law Enforcement. NIJ Special Report.
Department of Justice, Washington, DC. National Inst. of Justice.
This training manual and guide (which consists of a set of 142 slides) were created by experienced law enforcement investigators, prosecutors, defense lawyers, and psychology researchers and are intended to be used by law enforcement trainers to teach law enforcement personnel how to collect accurate and reliable eyewitness evidence. The manual and guide are each divided into two sections, interviewing and identification. Each of the manual sections includes suggested exercises, demonstrations, and discussion ideas that correspond to the procedures, as well as key points that should be highlighted during classroom discussions. The interviewing lesson plan includes the following sections: answering the 9-1-1/emergency call; investigating the scene; obtaining information from witnesses; pre-interview preparations and decisions; initial (pre-interview) contact with the witness; conducting the interview; recording witness recollections; assessing the accuracy of individual elements of a witness's statements; and maintaining contact with the witness. The identification lesson plan includes the following sections: preparing mug books; developing and using composite images; instructing the witness; documenting the procedure; conducting showups; recording showup results; composing lineups; instructing the witness prior to viewing a lineup; conducting the identification procedure; and recording identification results. A CD-ROM (not available from ERIC) includes a multimedia presentation that can supplement trainers' discussions and make the training sessions more interactive and interesting for the students. The manual contains a section on further reading. (MO)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Objectives, Evidence (Legal), Identification, Interviews, Investigations, Job Training, Law Enforcement, Learning Activities, Lesson Plans, Police, Police Education, Questioning Techniques, Recognition (Psychology), Teaching Guides
For full text (manual): http://www.ncjrs.org/nij/eyewitness/188678.pdf. For full text (guide/slides): http://www.ncjrs.org/nij/eyewitness/eyewitness_evidence_slides.pdf.
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Learner; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners; Teachers; Students
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Department of Justice, Washington, DC. National Inst. of Justice.
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