Post #3 Research Progress

After writing the Literature Review for the research I've obtained so far on eyewitness identification, I realized just how extensive of a topic this truly is. There are so many articles and studies that have been published that concentrate on various aspects of eyewitness identification, and its difficult to focus on just one aspect of it. I'm realizing more and more just how important it is to try and refine my research on this particular topic. I'm currently considering limiting the scope of topic even more, more specifically focusing on the presentation of individuals in police line-ups and photographic displays and how that leads to errors in eyewitness identification. I may also still want to incorporate the role of memory, and what may lead to an individual having a "faulty" memory after an emotionally arousing situation like a crime.

My research this weekend will focus on exploring further the reliability of eyewitness identification, and whether or not it is even possible to devise solutions that will increase its reliability. What solutions are the best solutions? Can we even argue that one solution is better than another? Will these solutions account for an increase in reliability? All of these are important questions to consider, and ones I will need to incorporate into my oral presentation next week.