Aging witnesses
Exploring difference, inspiring change
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12595752 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Helene Love (0009-0007-5238-2150, University of Toronto, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 210-227 |
| Publication date | 2015-06-29 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The International Journal of Evidence & Proof (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1365-7127 • E-ISSN: 1740-5572 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1365712715591462 |
| OpenAlex | W2264043653 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 25 |
With the population aging, judges will increasingly be faced with elder witnesses in their courtrooms. Despite the importance of elder witness testimony to the investigation and prosecution of crimes, an age-based lens has yet to be cast on this issue in legal scholarship to date. However, in the field of psychology there are a number of studies that detail how old age impacts a witness’s ability to perceive, remember and communicate an event in court. This paper bridges this gap between legal and psychological scholarship by reviewing the psychological studies on elder witnesses and describing, in practical terms, the implications of these studies on the legal treatment of elder witness evidence. Going forward, it is only with increased awareness of these differences between older and younger witnesses that the justice system can begin to understand how it needs to change in order to respond to the unique needs of this growing segment of the population
Criminology · Economic Justice · Order (exchange · Political science · Population · Scholarship · Sociology · Witness · Deception detection and forensic psychology · Jury Decision Making Processes · Law · Memory Processes and Influences · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2022 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |