The Occurrence of False Positives During Police Lineups Can Be

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Multiple Choice

The occurrence of false positives during police lineups can be minimized by all of the following techniques EXCEPT for

• A)having all the distractors look like the person witnesses described.
• B)warning witnesses that the culprit may not be present in the lineup.
• C)using very dissimilar distractors to aid recognition.
• D)using a sequential lineup in which one photo at a time is shown.

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