HU Credits: 2

Degree/Cycle: 2nd degree (Master)

Responsible Department: criminology

Semester:

Teaching Languages: Hebrew

Campus: Mt. Scopus

Course/Module Coordinator: Dr. Lea Jaeger

Coordinator Email: leajaeg@gmail.com

Coordinator Office Hours:

Teaching Staff:
Dr. Lea Jaeger

Course/Module description:
1. wrongful convictions
2. face recognition
3. eyewitness testimony
4. identification tests
5. perception and memory distortions
6. false confessions
7. suggestion
8. recovered/false memory

Course/Module aims:

Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
1. To learn to recognize the main errors of perception and memory that may have an impact on the course of the trial and its outcome.
2. To analyze testimony based on memory, and to identify possible errors in such testimony.
3. To learn to recognize the principal kinds of identification errors that may cause an innocent person to be found guilty.
4. To carry out a basic analysis of the “identification parade”, and of the main psychological factors that may undermine the eyewitness’s reliablity in that context

Attendance requirements(%):
75%

Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:

Course/Module Content:
1. wrongful convictions
2. face recognition
3. eyewitness testimony
4. identification tests
5. perception and memory distortions
6. false confessions
7. suggestion
8. recovered/false memory

Required Reading:
סנג'רו, ב' (2014). הרשעת חפים מפשע בישראל ובעולם: גורמים ופתרונות. תל אביב: רסלינג.
שכטר, ד' (2005). שבעת החטאים של הזיכרון. תל אביב: אריה ניר.
Frenda, S.J., Nichols, R.M., & Loftus, E.F. (2011). Current Issues and Advances in Misinformation Research. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 20, 20-23.
Knuycky, L.R., Kleider, H.M., & Cavrak, S.E. (2014). Line-up misidentifications: When being ‘prototypically black’ is perceived as criminal. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 28, 39-46.
Wells, G.L., & Bradfield, A.L. (1998). :"Good you identified the suspect". Feedback to eyewitnesses distorts their reports of the witnessing experience. Journal of Applied Psychology, 83, 360-376
Wells, G. L., & Olson, E. A. (2003). Eyewitness testimony. Annual Review of
Psychology, 54, 277-295

Additional Reading Material:

Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 0 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 0 %
Project work 80 %
Assignments 0 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 20 %
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