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Associate Professor, Psychology, University of Regina

Eyewitness testimony is often treated as one of the most powerful pieces of evidence. (Caleb Woods/Unsplash)

August 20, 2025

Child eyewitnesses can be unreliable, but new techniques can support them

Shaelyn Carr, University of Regina and Kaila C. Bruer, University of Regina

A new technique helps investigators working with child eyewitnesses confirm the identity of suspects.

Children who witness crime are more vulnerable to error than adults when identifying the perpetrator. (Shutterstock)

July 13, 2017

Helping child witnesses: A new design for police lineups

Kaila C. Bruer, University of Toronto

Child eyewitnesses make more mistakes than adults when identifying criminals. A new police lineup design could help us assess their reliability and prevent wrongful convictions.

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