Battling to a Draw: Defense Expert Rebuttal Can Neutralize Prosecution Fingerprint Evidence

Autor/inn/en	Mitchell, Gregory; Garrett, Brandon L.
Titel	Battling to a Draw: Defense Expert Rebuttal Can Neutralize Prosecution Fingerprint Evidence
Quelle	In: Applied Cognitive Psychology, 35 (2021) 4, S.976-987 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Mitchell, Gregory)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0888-4080
DOI	10.1002/acp.3824
Schlagwörter	Court Litigation; Evidence; Specialists; Risk; Teaching Methods; Error Patterns; Adults; Eligibility; Comparative Analysis; Decision Making + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rechtsstreit; Evidenz; Risiko; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Fehlertyp; Eignung; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung
Abstract	The present study examined whether a defense rebuttal expert can effectively educate jurors on the risk that the prosecution's fingerprint expert made an error. Using a sample of 1716 jury-eligible adults, we examined the impact of three types of rebuttal testimony in a mock trial: (a) a methodological rebuttal explaining the general risk of error in the fingerprint-comparison process; (b) a new-evidence rebuttal concluding the latent fingerprint recovered in this case was not suitable for use in a comparison; and (c) a new-evidence rebuttal excluding the defendant as the source of the latent fingerprint. All three rebuttals significantly altered perceptions of the prosecution's fingerprint evidence, but new-evidence rebuttals proved most effective. The effectiveness of the rebuttals depended, however, on whether jurors were more concerned about false acquittals or false convictions. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01