@article{ref1,
title="Supporting child witnesses during identification lineups: exploring the effectiveness of registered intermediaries",
journal="Applied cognitive psychology",
year="2018",
author="Wilcock, Rachel and Crane, Laura and Hobson, Zoe and Nash, Gilly and Kirke‐Smith, Mimi and Henry, Lucy A.",
volume="32",
number="3",
pages="367-375",
abstract="Performance at identification lineup was assessed in eighty-five 6- to 11-year-old typically developing children. Children viewed a live staged event involving 2 male actors, and were asked to identify the perpetrators from 2 separate lineups (one perpetrator-present lineup and one perpetrator-absent lineup). Half the children took part in lineups adapted by a registered intermediary (an impartial, trained professional who facilitates understanding and communication between vulnerable witnesses and members of the justice system), and half took part in &quot;best-practice&quot; lineups, according to the current guidance for eyewitness identification in England and Wales. Children receiving assistance from a registered intermediary (relative to children who received best-practice lineups) were more accurate in their identifications for perpetrator-present lineups, and there was some evidence that they were also more accurate for perpetrator-absent lineups. This provides the first empirical evidence for the effectiveness of registered intermediary support during identification lineups.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0888-4080",
doi="10.1002/acp.3412",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/acp.3412"
}