Many of the Issues That Make Eyewitness Identifications Problematic Are

question 21

Multiple Choice

Many of the issues that make eyewitness identifications problematic are not capable of control by the police. However, there are certain practices police can follow to reduce the likelihood of error in eyewitness identification. Most of these practices focus on _____.

• A) improving police investigation techniques so that police will not have to extensively rely on eyewitness accounts
• B) decreasing the suggestibility to witnesses that is inherent in many police practices
• C) limiting recorded information so that there is no record of police procedure that can be challenged
• D) identifying and firing or otherwise punishing police officers who purposefully violate policies

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Definitions:

Plant Cells

The basic structural and functional units of plants, distinguished by their ability to perform photosynthesis through organelles called chloroplasts and having cell walls made of cellulose.

Meiosis

A type of cell division that results in four daughter cells each with half the number of chromosomes of the parent cell, as in the production of gametes.

Synapsis

Pairing of homologous chromosomes during meiosis I.

Meiosis

A type of cell division that reduces the chromosome number by half, resulting in the production of gametes or spores.