Suppose That Danielle Was an Eyewitness to a Store Robbery

question 15

Multiple Choice

Suppose that Danielle was an eyewitness to a store robbery. She gives the police a description of the criminal: "30-35 year-old male, brown hair, light eyes, about 5'10", with a missing finger on his left hand." A few weeks later, police track down a suspect. He fits Danielle's description, and additionally has a lazy eye and a huge tattoo on his neck. If police use the match-to-suspect approach in constructing a lineup for eyewitness identification, then the foils in the lineup ____.

• A) may or may not have brown hair
• B) will definitely have brown hair, but may or may not be missing fingers
• C) will definitely have brown hair and missing fingers, but may or may not have a tattoo
• D) will definitely have brown hair, missing fingers, and a tattoo

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