20 Expectations and Future Research
When I thought about the expectations for this book, I wanted to make sure I was as concise as I could be at the risk of being too simplistic, and what I came up with is this: The information we obtain from eyewitness interviews should be treated like cognitive evidence. Since 1999, the institutions overseeing the justice system have been encouraging local law enforcement agencies to take a look at their research and consider changing their ways (Figure 20.1). The focus on the reliability of eyewitness evidence and the preservation of its integrity to assist law enforcement in convicting righteous criminals was front and center. Years later the National Academy of Sciences published ...
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