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Preferred term

clothing bias

Definition

A bias in an identification procedure is any factor—other than recognition—that leads witnesses to select a person. Clothing bias can occur whenever someone is viewed in an identification procedure wearing clothing that matches the witness's description of the clothing worn during the crime. [Source: Encyclopedia of Psychology and Law; Clothing Bias in Identification Procedures]

Broader concept

eyewitness memory

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/clothing_bias

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