Concept information
Preferred term
eyewitness testimony
Definition
- Eyewitness testimony refers to verbal statements from people regarding what they observed and can purportedly remember that would be relevant to issues of proof at a criminal or civil trial. Such statements constitute a common form of evidence at trials. [Source: Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment; Eyewitness Testimony]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/eyewitness_testimony
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