Crime Scene Recall

Question 1

What are some Crime Scene and Suspect recall factors?

Answer 1

-Traumatic scene may affect recall (i.e. People threatened by a weapon focus more on weapon than on perpetrator’s face).
-Time spent focusing on perpetrator’s face is proven to impact on recall.
- Unique and distinct features such as tattoos allow for better recall of perpetrator’s appearance. Masks and disguises would make this more difficult as these festures may not be seen.
-The time of day of the crime and a person’s view of the scene may affect recount of the scene

Question 2

What are some witness recall factors?

Answer 2

• Age plays a role im accuracy of eyewitness.
• CRE (Cross Race Effect) is a phenomenon in which people recognize faces of their own race better than those of other races.
• Drugs can alter one’s ability of memory recall of the crime scene once they are no longer under the influence of drugs.
• Bunny effect.