9.2: Critical Thinking
- Watch the following video and explain how anxiety and leading questions by police can affect witness identification. How does this impact the criminal court process? Should jury instructions include more information on eyewitness reliability? Why or why not?
- Becoming the teacher, create a practice test on the Misinformation Effect. For this critical thinking question, you will create three (3) practice questions around Elizabeth Loftus. Create both the question and answers for each question. Make sure to highlight the key information learned in section 9.2 – The Misinformation Effect.
- Physical evidence is vital in the court so proper crime scene investigation is vital. In this critical thinking example, pretend you are the detective investigating a bank robbery. Using the STAIR technique, identify the steps you would take when processing the scene. How would you manage the witnesses?
- Forensic evidence is a constant evolving and developing. Conduct a Google Scholar search to identify a new forensic evidence method and explain the evidence type and usage. A search example is shown below.
Figure 9.1. Example of Google Scholar Search