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- Title
Identification accuracy of children versus adults: a meta-analysis.
- Authors
Pozzulo, J D; Lindsay, R C
- Abstract
Identification accuracy of children and adults was examined in a meta-analysis. Preschoolers (M = 4 years) were less likely than adults to make correct identifications. Children over the age of 5 did not differ significantly from adults with regard to correct identification rate. Children of all ages examined were less likely than adults to correctly reject a target-absent lineup. Even adolescents (M = 12-13 years) did not reach an adult rate of correct rejection. Compared to simultaneous lineup presentation, sequential lineups increased the child-adult gap for correct rejections. Providing child witnesses with identification practice or training did not increase their correct rejection rates. Suggestions for children's inability to correctly reject target-absent lineups are discussed. Future directions for identification research are presented.
- Publication
Law and human behavior, 1998, Vol 22, Issue 5, p549
- ISSN
0147-7307
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1023/a:1025739514042