La intervención del psicólogo forense en la obtención y evaluación de la credibilidad del testimonio
- Vasquez, Manuel Vilariño
- Sanches, Maria Formosinho
- Jesus, Paulo Renato Cardoso de
ISSN: 0214-9877
Year of publication: 2012
Volume: 1
Type: Article
More publications in: International Journal of Developmental and Educational Psychology
Abstract
Within the realm of eyewitness testimony one has created and developed a series of techniques that aim to elicit reports and assess their reliability. This effort has given rise to a set of instruments whose utility has been scientifically and empirically demonstrated. Therefore, the work of forensic psychologists may constitute a significant auxiliary mechanism of justice, mainly in those cases characterized by a lack of evidence, requiring that the verdict be almost exclusively based on eyewitnesses’ accounts. In this paper we discuss some of the techniques with a double goal. Firstly, we want to provide an overview of some valuable methods of interviewing, and secondly we argue that the judicial procedures may be enhanced with the intervention of Forensic psychologists.