Heather L Price
Biographic Data
| ID | 1661288 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Heather L Price |
| GIVEN NAMES | Heather L |
| FAMILY NAME | Price |
| SIGNATURE | PRICE H L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Thompson Rivers University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6109-6198 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Using eyetracking technology to identify looking behaviors in child eyewitnesses
A pattern of reduced accuracy in children’s lineup decisions has been a consistent issue in developmental eyewitness literature. Using eyetracking technology, this study examined whether the number of looks and time spent looking at a perpetrator during the commission of a crime (encoding) and a subsequent lineup (retrieval) reflected lineup decision accuracy in children (6–12 years old). While time spent viewing perpetrators’ faces during encodi…
Exploring Frequency Reports as Described by Judges in Timely and Delayed Canadian Child Sexual Abuse Cases
Child sexual abuse (CSA) cases can involve multiple similar incidents over a long duration. Complainants can either report the offence shortly after it occurs, leading to a brief delay between the end of the abuse and court hearing (timely delay; CSA) or the court hearing takes place 2 or more years after its occurrence (delayed; historical CSA [HCSA]). Regardless of delay, asking complainants about abuse frequency can be legally relevant. Howeve…
Does implying peer knowledge during an interview promote truthful disclosures from peer disclosure recipients and witnesses
We tested a novel implied peer knowledge paradigm in which both child witnesses and child recipients (children who previously received a disclosure from a witness) were able to infer, with varying degrees of saliency, the likelihood that an adult interviewer would hear about a negative transgression from a peer and adjust their disclosure strategy accordingly. We tracked children's disclosures (N = 418; aged 6-12 years; Mage = 8.91 years, SD = 1.…
Evaluating the joinder effect among multiple complainants in criminal court
Differential impacts of investigation and witness delays on layperson perceptions of witness credibility
OBJECTIVE: Prior research has reported a consistent negative impact of delayed disclosure on sexual assault complainants' perceived credibility. The present studies investigated the impact of delay in new contexts. HYPOTHESES: Only when a delay was a result of a witness's actions would it negatively impact credibility. Any delay would decrease convictions and guilt likelihood ratings. METHOD: Study 1a (N = 412; Mage = 20.13 years; 60.00% women; 3…
Primacy (and recency) effects in delayed recognition of items from instances of repeated events
160, within-subjects), the old/new decision was followed by an instance attribution decision. Old items were recognised faster in the old/new task compared to the instance-attribution task. In the instance-attribution task, items from the boundary instances were accurately attributed faster compared to items from the middle instances. We found further evidence for primacy (and recency) effects in measures of confidence, memory judgments, recognit…
The impact of Covid-19 on Canadian child maltreatment workers
Transmission of children’s disclosures of a transgression from peers to adults
Peers are common recipients of disclosures about negative events, but the transmission of peer disclosures to adults is not well understood. We explored children’s (N = 352; aged 6–11 years) disclosures of a negative event to peer and adult interviewers. Some children witnessed an adult transgression and were asked to keep the transgression a secret (witnesses). Some of these witnesses (peer-interviewed witnesses) were then interviewed by peer wh…
The Impact of Covid-19 on Social Work Practice in Canada: A Comparison of Urban and Rural Contexts
Social workers involved in child maltreatment investigations faced considerable challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. Interactions with children and families carried new restrictions and risks, which resulted in changes in practice. We conducted a two-phase, mixed-methods study which examined the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on social workers who work with maltreated children from both urban and rural areas across Canada. More specifically,…
Using machine learning analyses to explore relations between eyewitness lineup looking behaviors and suspect guilt
OBJECTIVE: We conducted 2 experiments using machine learning to better understand which lineup looking behaviors postdict suspect guilt., Hypotheses: We hypothesized that (a) lineups with guilty suspects would be subject to shorter viewing duration of all images and fewer image looks overall than lineups with innocent suspects, and (b) confidence and accuracy would be positively correlated. The question of which factors would combine to best post…
Memory for temporal order in action is slow developing, sensitive to deviant input, and supported by foundational cognitive processes
Executing actions in a specific order is a critical component of many action sequences that children must acquire, the majority of which are learned through observation and imitation of others. Although a wealth of evidence indicates that children can process and represent temporal order in memory, relatively little is known about the development of this ability and the cognitive mechanisms that support it in the context of imitation. The present…
Eyewitness identification: Live, photo, and video lineups
The medium used to present lineup members for eyewitness identification varies according to the location of the criminal investigation. Although in some jurisdictions live lineups remain the default procedure, elsewhere this practice has been replaced with photo or video lineups. This divergence leads to two possibilities: Either some jurisdictions are not using the lineup medium that best facilitates accurate eyewitness identification or the lin…
American Generosity: Who Gives and Why
This book answers what, how much, who, where, and why questions of generous activities. This book takes an interdisciplinary approach that defines generosity as expressed through multiple forms of giving. The focus is on three primary forms of giving: donating money, volunteering time, and taking political action. Also explored are participation in giving blood, bodily organs, material possessions, relational attention, and participating in envir…
What children recall about a repeated event when one instance is different from the others
This research examined whether a memorable and unexpected change (deviation details) presented during 1 instance of a repeated event facilitated children's memory for that instance and whether a repeated event facilitated children's memory for deviation details. In Experiments 1 and 2, 8-year-olds (N = 167) watched 1 or 4 live magic shows. Children were interviewed about the last or only show, which did or did not contain deviation details. Child…
Eyewitness identification across the life span: A meta-analysis of age differences
The effect of suspect-filler similarity on eyewitness identification decisions: A meta-analysis
Eyewitness lineups are typically composed of a suspect (guilty or innocent) and fillers (known inno-cents). Meta-analytic techniques were used to investigate the extent to which manipulations of suspect-filler similarity influenced identification decisions. Compared with lineups with moderate or highsimilarity fillers, lineups with low similarity fillers were far more likely to elicit suspect identifications.This was true regardless of whether th…
Judicial decision making in timely and delayed prosecutions of child sexual abuse in Canada: A study of honesty and cognitive ability in assessments of credibility
Child sexual abuse is an alarmingly common criminal offense. Whether prosecutions occur shortly after the alleged offense or after a lengthy delay, complainant credibility is often the central issue at trial. In both law and in psychology, credibility is said to be a function of two relatively distinct factors: honesty and cognitive ability. Complainant age informs evaluations of both such that younger children are seen as more honest but less co…
Judging the credibility of historic child sexual abuse complainants: How judges describe their decisions
Criminal prosecutions of child sexual abuse alleged to have occurred in the distant past raise myriad challenges. One significant challenge involves assessing the credibility of complain-ants. In the present study, 51 bench trials involving 87 complainants were coded into categories related to complainants ’ memory for the offense, as well as credibility of the complainant, reliability of the evidence, and judicial inferences. A total of 4,827 ju…
Eyewitness identification: Live, photo, and video lineups
The medium used to present lineup members for eyewitness identification varies according to the location of the criminal investigation. Although in some jurisdictions live lineups remain the default procedure, elsewhere this practice has been replaced with photo or video lineups. This divergence leads to two possibilities: Either some jurisdictions are not using the lineup medium that best facilitates accurate eyewitness identification or the lin…
What children recall about a repeated event when one instance is different from the others
This research examined whether a memorable and unexpected change (deviation details) presented during 1 instance of a repeated event facilitated children's memory for that instance and whether a repeated event facilitated children's memory for deviation details. In Experiments 1 and 2, 8-year-olds (N = 167) watched 1 or 4 live magic shows. Children were interviewed about the last or only show, which did or did not contain deviation details. Child…
Eyewitness identification across the life span: A meta-analysis of age differences
The impact of Covid-19 on Canadian child maltreatment workers
The Impact of Covid-19 on Social Work Practice in Canada: A Comparison of Urban and Rural Contexts
Social workers involved in child maltreatment investigations faced considerable challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. Interactions with children and families carried new restrictions and risks, which resulted in changes in practice. We conducted a two-phase, mixed-methods study which examined the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on social workers who work with maltreated children from both urban and rural areas across Canada. More specifically,…
The effect of suspect-filler similarity on eyewitness identification decisions: A meta-analysis
Eyewitness lineups are typically composed of a suspect (guilty or innocent) and fillers (known inno-cents). Meta-analytic techniques were used to investigate the extent to which manipulations of suspect-filler similarity influenced identification decisions. Compared with lineups with moderate or highsimilarity fillers, lineups with low similarity fillers were far more likely to elicit suspect identifications.This was true regardless of whether th…
Judging the credibility of historic child sexual abuse complainants: How judges describe their decisions
Criminal prosecutions of child sexual abuse alleged to have occurred in the distant past raise myriad challenges. One significant challenge involves assessing the credibility of complain-ants. In the present study, 51 bench trials involving 87 complainants were coded into categories related to complainants ’ memory for the offense, as well as credibility of the complainant, reliability of the evidence, and judicial inferences. A total of 4,827 ju…
Judging the credibility of historic child sexual abuse complainants: How judges describe their decisions
Criminal prosecutions of child sexual abuse alleged to have occurred in the distant past raise myriad challenges. One significant challenge involves assessing the credibility of complain-ants. In the present study, 51 bench trials involving 87 complainants were coded into categories related to complainants ’ memory for the offense, as well as credibility of the complainant, reliability of the evidence, and judicial inferences. A total of 4,827 ju…
Judicial decision making in timely and delayed prosecutions of child sexual abuse in Canada: A study of honesty and cognitive ability in assessments of credibility
Child sexual abuse is an alarmingly common criminal offense. Whether prosecutions occur shortly after the alleged offense or after a lengthy delay, complainant credibility is often the central issue at trial. In both law and in psychology, credibility is said to be a function of two relatively distinct factors: honesty and cognitive ability. Complainant age informs evaluations of both such that younger children are seen as more honest but less co…
The effect of suspect-filler similarity on eyewitness identification decisions: A meta-analysis
Eyewitness lineups are typically composed of a suspect (guilty or innocent) and fillers (known inno-cents). Meta-analytic techniques were used to investigate the extent to which manipulations of suspect-filler similarity influenced identification decisions. Compared with lineups with moderate or highsimilarity fillers, lineups with low similarity fillers were far more likely to elicit suspect identifications.This was true regardless of whether th…
Eyewitness identification across the life span: A meta-analysis of age differences
American Generosity: Who Gives and Why
This book answers what, how much, who, where, and why questions of generous activities. This book takes an interdisciplinary approach that defines generosity as expressed through multiple forms of giving. The focus is on three primary forms of giving: donating money, volunteering time, and taking political action. Also explored are participation in giving blood, bodily organs, material possessions, relational attention, and participating in envir…
What children recall about a repeated event when one instance is different from the others
This research examined whether a memorable and unexpected change (deviation details) presented during 1 instance of a repeated event facilitated children's memory for that instance and whether a repeated event facilitated children's memory for deviation details. In Experiments 1 and 2, 8-year-olds (N = 167) watched 1 or 4 live magic shows. Children were interviewed about the last or only show, which did or did not contain deviation details. Child…
Eyewitness identification: Live, photo, and video lineups
The medium used to present lineup members for eyewitness identification varies according to the location of the criminal investigation. Although in some jurisdictions live lineups remain the default procedure, elsewhere this practice has been replaced with photo or video lineups. This divergence leads to two possibilities: Either some jurisdictions are not using the lineup medium that best facilitates accurate eyewitness identification or the lin…
Memory for temporal order in action is slow developing, sensitive to deviant input, and supported by foundational cognitive processes
Executing actions in a specific order is a critical component of many action sequences that children must acquire, the majority of which are learned through observation and imitation of others. Although a wealth of evidence indicates that children can process and represent temporal order in memory, relatively little is known about the development of this ability and the cognitive mechanisms that support it in the context of imitation. The present…
Using machine learning analyses to explore relations between eyewitness lineup looking behaviors and suspect guilt
OBJECTIVE: We conducted 2 experiments using machine learning to better understand which lineup looking behaviors postdict suspect guilt., Hypotheses: We hypothesized that (a) lineups with guilty suspects would be subject to shorter viewing duration of all images and fewer image looks overall than lineups with innocent suspects, and (b) confidence and accuracy would be positively correlated. The question of which factors would combine to best post…
Transmission of children’s disclosures of a transgression from peers to adults
Peers are common recipients of disclosures about negative events, but the transmission of peer disclosures to adults is not well understood. We explored children’s (N = 352; aged 6–11 years) disclosures of a negative event to peer and adult interviewers. Some children witnessed an adult transgression and were asked to keep the transgression a secret (witnesses). Some of these witnesses (peer-interviewed witnesses) were then interviewed by peer wh…
The Impact of Covid-19 on Social Work Practice in Canada: A Comparison of Urban and Rural Contexts
Social workers involved in child maltreatment investigations faced considerable challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. Interactions with children and families carried new restrictions and risks, which resulted in changes in practice. We conducted a two-phase, mixed-methods study which examined the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on social workers who work with maltreated children from both urban and rural areas across Canada. More specifically,…
The impact of Covid-19 on Canadian child maltreatment workers
Primacy (and recency) effects in delayed recognition of items from instances of repeated events
160, within-subjects), the old/new decision was followed by an instance attribution decision. Old items were recognised faster in the old/new task compared to the instance-attribution task. In the instance-attribution task, items from the boundary instances were accurately attributed faster compared to items from the middle instances. We found further evidence for primacy (and recency) effects in measures of confidence, memory judgments, recognit…
Differential impacts of investigation and witness delays on layperson perceptions of witness credibility
OBJECTIVE: Prior research has reported a consistent negative impact of delayed disclosure on sexual assault complainants' perceived credibility. The present studies investigated the impact of delay in new contexts. HYPOTHESES: Only when a delay was a result of a witness's actions would it negatively impact credibility. Any delay would decrease convictions and guilt likelihood ratings. METHOD: Study 1a (N = 412; Mage = 20.13 years; 60.00% women; 3…
Using eyetracking technology to identify looking behaviors in child eyewitnesses
A pattern of reduced accuracy in children’s lineup decisions has been a consistent issue in developmental eyewitness literature. Using eyetracking technology, this study examined whether the number of looks and time spent looking at a perpetrator during the commission of a crime (encoding) and a subsequent lineup (retrieval) reflected lineup decision accuracy in children (6–12 years old). While time spent viewing perpetrators’ faces during encodi…
Exploring Frequency Reports as Described by Judges in Timely and Delayed Canadian Child Sexual Abuse Cases
Child sexual abuse (CSA) cases can involve multiple similar incidents over a long duration. Complainants can either report the offence shortly after it occurs, leading to a brief delay between the end of the abuse and court hearing (timely delay; CSA) or the court hearing takes place 2 or more years after its occurrence (delayed; historical CSA [HCSA]). Regardless of delay, asking complainants about abuse frequency can be legally relevant. Howeve…
Does implying peer knowledge during an interview promote truthful disclosures from peer disclosure recipients and witnesses
We tested a novel implied peer knowledge paradigm in which both child witnesses and child recipients (children who previously received a disclosure from a witness) were able to infer, with varying degrees of saliency, the likelihood that an adult interviewer would hear about a negative transgression from a peer and adjust their disclosure strategy accordingly. We tracked children's disclosures (N = 418; aged 6-12 years; Mage = 8.91 years, SD = 1.…
Evaluating the joinder effect among multiple complainants in criminal court
Psychology (13 works) · Social Psychology (11 works) · Deception detection and forensic psychology (9 works) · Memory Processes and Influences (7 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (6 works) · Cognitive psychology (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Child and Animal Learning Development (4 works) · Computer Science (4 works)