Eyewitness has gain support and emphasis in the corridors of justice today. However, it is not wise to rely entirely on their testimonies because at times misidentification is common. Lots of research has been done on this topic which is so controversial based on how reliable human memory is, factors influencing eyewitness at that time of event and possible factors that can distort the eyewitness perspectives.
One factor that has proven to be influencing eyewitness is the task of identifying faces. Difficulties arise from encoding of faces. Some faces are identical and it will be difficult for a person to ...