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- Title
Mug shot exposure effects: does size matter?
- Authors
Blunt, Michelle R; McAllister, Hunter A
- Abstract
This research tested whether mug book size moderates mug shot exposure effects. Witnesses to a simulated theft searched either a small, a large, or no mug book, followed by a perpetrator-absent lineup containing a critical foil from the mug book. Contrary to predictions of a transference effect, critical foil lineup identifications did not differ across conditions. To test for a commitment effect, only participants who selected the critical foil in the mug book were considered; there was evidence of a commitment effect in the large mug book condition. Finally, there were more lineup-correct rejections in the large mug book condition; this was explained in terms of the criterion for making mug book choices carrying over to lineup choices.
- Publication
Law and human behavior, 2009, Vol 33, Issue 2, p175
- ISSN
1573-661X
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10979-008-9126-z