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Title: | Intoxicated witnesses and suspects: an archival analysis of their involvement in criminal case processing. |
Authors: | Palmer, Francesca T. Flowe, Heather D. Takarangi, Melanie K. Humphries, Joyce E. |
Keywords: | Deception and confessions Eyewitness memory Procedural justice Public policy and law |
Issue Date: | 2013 |
Publisher: | © American Psychological Association |
Citation: | PALMER, F. ...et al., 2013. Intoxicated witnesses and suspects: An archival analysis of their involvement in criminal case processing.. Law and Human Behavior, 37(1), pp. 54-59. |
Abstract: | Research about intoxicated witnesses and criminal suspects is surprisingly limited, considering the police believe that they are quite ubiquitous. In the present study, we assessed the involvement of intoxicated witnesses and suspects in the investigation of rape, robbery and assault crimes by analyzing cases that were referred by the police to a prosecutor’s office. Results indicated that intoxicated witnesses and suspects played an appreciable role in criminal investigations: Intoxicated witnesses were just as likely as sober ones to provide a description of the culprit and to take an identification test, suggesting criminal investigators treat intoxicated and sober witnesses similarly. Moreover, intoxicated suspects typically admitted to the police that they had consumed alcohol and/or drugs, and they were usually arrested on the same day as the crime. This archival analysis highlights the many ways in which alcohol impacts testimony during criminal investigations, and underscores the need for additional research to investigate best practices for obtaining testimony from intoxicated witnesses and suspects. |
Description: | This article may not exactly replicate the final version published in the APA journal. It is not the copy of record. |
Version: | Accepted for publication |
DOI: | 10.1037/lhb0000010 |
URI: | https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/20181 |
Publisher Link: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000010 |
ISSN: | 0147-7307 |
Appears in Collections: | Published Articles (Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences)
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