Selected published papers currently available (the web documents below are best if viewed with Internet Explorer):

 

1 Retention interval and eyewitness memory for events and personal identifiers. E. B. Ebbesen & C. Rienick, Journal of Applied Psychology, 1998, 83, 745-762

2 Eyewitness memory research: Probative v. prejudicial value. E. B. Ebbesen & V. J. Konecni, Expert Evidence: The International Digest of Human Behaviour Science and the Law, 1996, 5, 2-28.

3 The exclusionary rule: Fix it, but fix it right. G. D. Totten, P. D. Kossoris, & E. B. Ebbesen, Pepperdine Law Review, 1999, 26, 887-922.

4 Archival analysis of trial cases in which defense claims mistaken ID. H. Flowe & E. B. Ebbesen, 2002, APLS, March 7, Austin, TX. (Powerpoint presentation).

5 Rape shield laws and sexual behavior evidence: Effects of consent level and women’s sexual history on rape allegations. H. Flowe & E. B. Ebbesen, Law and Human Behavior, 2006, in press.

 

Papers in preparation with drafts available

 

1 Psycholegal issues involved in assessing the impact of pretrial publicity on the fairness of potential jurors. E. B. Ebbesen

2 Lineups v. showups: A signal detection analysis of confidence, accuracy, and decision making differences. E. B. Ebbesen & M. Libuser

3 A signal detection analysis of the relationship between confidence and accuracy in eyewitness memory. E. B. Ebbesen & J. Wixted

4 Other-race identification: A signal detection analysis of confidence, accuracy, and decision making differnecs. E. B. Ebbesen & C. Rienick

 

Discussion of problems involved in generalizing findings in eyewitness and (by analogy) other areas of psychology to real-world social systems.

1. On the unappreciated role that confidence plays in our ability to generalize results from eyewitness research to actual crime victims and witnesses. E. B. Ebbesen

2. Why we can not generalize results from post-event memory research to most real-world crime witnessing situations. E. B. Ebbesen

3. Simultaneous v. Sequential lineups: What do we really know? E. B. Ebbesen & H. Flowe (Read a rebuttal by G. Wells)

4. Why behavioral arguments against rape-shield laws may have little empirical justification. H. Flowe & E. B. Ebbesen

5. IL Pilot Project: Simultaneous v Sequential Lineups: Main Report

6. IL Pilot Project: Simultaneous v Sequential Lineups: Appendices E. B. Ebbesen & K. Finklea

7. In response to the Illinois pilot program on simultaneous v sequential lineups. E. B. Ebbesen & K. Finklea

8. Comments on IL Field Test of Sequential v. Simultaneous Lineups. E. B. Ebbesen

9. The effect of lineup member similarity on recognition accuracy in simultaneous and sequential lineups. H. Flowe & E. B. Ebbesen

 

Additional information about Eyewitness Memory is available from:

 

1. Heather Flowe’s site containing research interests.

2. Recent Issue of Journal of Applied Cognitive on Issues in Measuring Lineup Fairness

3. Gary Wells's site containing examples, articles and position papers

4. Stephen Penrod’s site containing recent publications

5. Roy Malpass’s site containing recent publications

Research

This page is always being updated.

Phone: 858-534-3003
Fax: 858-534-7190
Email: eebbesen@ucsd.edu

UCSD Psychology Department

 

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