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Brief Report: Narrative Qualities and Perceptions of Generated Alibis.

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  • Title: Brief Report: Narrative Qualities and Perceptions of Generated Alibis.
  • Author : North American Journal of Psychology
  • Release Date : January 01, 2011
  • Genre: Education,Books,Professional & Technical,
  • Pages : * pages
  • Size : 186 KB

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When suspects are being interviewed and asked to account for their whereabouts on a particular day, their innocence may mean they are unprepared for such questions. For instance, innocent individuals may be surprised by the questions and could have difficulty remembering their whereabouts at the time in question, rendering their alibi statements less cohesive and credible. Alternatively, guilty suspects may be prepared for questioning and have rehearsed their alibis, resulting in a coherent and cohesive narrative. The narrative content of alibis is important because it may affect police officers' and jurors' perceptions of suspects and defendants and because weak alibis have played a role in wrongful convictions (e.g., Olson&Wells, 2004; Wells et al., 1998). However, there is no research on the factors influencing the content and believability of alibis. One way to study alibis is to ask participants to state where they were at a particular time (called generated alibis as opposed to fictitious alibis; Stromwell, Granhag,&Jonsson, 2003). The alibi generation research has yet to address the importance of narratives. Narratives are people's personal stories which include external actions, as well as private thoughts and emotions (Bruner, 1992). Although alibi researchers have failed to study narratives, research conducted in other domains demonstrated that narrative influenced perceptions of credibility. Coherent and well-organized speech positively affected perceptions of prosecutors (Voss, Wiley,&Sandak, 1999), and speech containing indications of uncertainty (hedges) negatively affected views of defendants (Erickson, Lind, Johnson,&O'Barr, 1978; Voss&Van Dyke, 2001).


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