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  • Showups are an identification technique in which a single individual, the suspect, is presented in a oneon-one confrontation with the victim or other witness of a crime. The witness is asked to indicate whether the suspect is or is not the perpetrator. [Source: Encyclopedia of Psychology and Law; Showups]

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