
Suggestibility and The McMartin Preschool Trial
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Today's concept covers just how suggestibility can make or break an entire case. Listen to this wild story now! Check out our instagram @casebyconcept for the associated pictures.
Definition:
https://thedecisionlab.com/biases/suggestibility#
In academia:
Dudek, I. and Polczyk, R. (2024) ‘Memory distrust and suggestibility: A registered report’, Legal and criminological psychology, 29(1), pp. 100–123. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/lcrp.12249.
Miura, H. and Itoh, Y. (2016) ‘The effect of suggestibility on eyewitness identifications: A comparison between showups and lineups’, Shinrigaku kenkyū, 87(1), pp. 32–39. Available at: https://doi.org/10.4992/jjpsy.87.14073.
The case:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McMartin_preschool_trial
https://famous-trials.com/mcmartin/902-home
http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/mcmartin/mcmartinchrono.html
https://famous-trials.com/mcmartin/916-macfarlanetestimony
Pictures:
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-07-17/crimes-of-the-times-mcmartin-preschool
Question
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/proven-reoffending-statistics-january-to-march-2022/proven-reoffending-statistics-january-to-march-2022#overall--offender-demographics