caa a22 4500 477106374 CHVBK 20180405111554.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19960301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF02803685 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF02803685 The effect of authority and social influence on eyewitness suggestibility and person recognition [Elektronische Daten] [Jennifer Devenport, Ronald Fisher] This study investigated the influence of an authority figure on eyewitness identification. Participants watched a staged crime and then were administered a photo lineup by either an authority (policeman) or non-authority figure (civilian). Participants in the authority condition were more likely to choose a lineup member than those in the non-authority condition. There was no effect of authority, however, on the accuracy of the identification decisions. The lack of a deleterious effect suggests that the presence of a police officer during identification procedures does not create an unduly suggestive situation or have undesirable effects on eyewitness identification decisions. Although witnesses' choosing behaviors did not increase the rate of identification errors, the effect of the administrator's authority on choosing was reduced when unbiased instructions (vs. biased instructions) were presented to the witnesses. Thus, support was found for the use of neutral instructions during eyewitness identification procedures. Society for Police and Criminal Psychology, 1996 Devenport Jennifer University of Nebraska, Lincoln—Law/Psychology Program, Nebraska, USA aut Fisher Ronald Psychology Department, Florida International University, Florida, USA aut Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology Springer US 11/1(1996-03-01), 35-40 0882-0783 11:1<35 1996 11 11896 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02803685 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02803685 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Devenport Jennifer University of Nebraska, Lincoln—Law/Psychology Program, Nebraska, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Fisher Ronald Psychology Department, Florida International University, Florida, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology Springer US 11/1(1996-03-01), 35-40 0882-0783 11:1<35 1996 11 11896 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer