Start your New Year with us at the
January CUC Breakfast!
Wednesday January 28, 2015
7:15 am - 8:30 am (Program @ 7:30)
UCR Alumni & Visitor Center
3701 Canyon Crest Drive
“Witnesses Tilting the Scales of Justice”
Dr. Steven E. Clark
UCR Professor of Psychology
Director, Presley Center for Crime and Justice Studies
Eyewitnesses can make terrible mistakes. The societal problem that motivates research in this field
is clearer than ever: eyewitness sometimes fail to identify the guilty, and sometimes falsely identify
the innocent. However, our understanding of why eyewitnesses make mistakes, and how the
criminal justice system should respond, has become less clear in recent years. At issue are the
police procedures that regulate how eyewitness identification evidence is obtained, and the legal
procedures that regulate how that evidence is evaluated by judges and juries. Decades of research have led to procedural and
legal reforms, adopted through legislation, legal cases, or the establishment of best-practices by law enforcement agencies. But
now, as recent results suggest that in many cases, the recommended procedures may not increase the accuracy of eyewitness
evidence or criminal justice outcomes – and may even lead to decreases in accuracy.
Steven Clark is a Professor of Psychology and Director of the UCR Presley Center for Crime and Justice, where he conducts research
on human memory and eyewitness identification. His research, funded by the National Science Foundation, has been published in
Law and Human Behavior, the Journal of Experimental Psychology, Perspectives on Psychological Science, and other scientific and
scholarly journals. Professor Clark earned his PhD in cognitive psychology at Indiana University. He has been a prosecution and
defense consultant in over 200 criminal and civil cases, and has testified in Federal and State courts in California, Washington,
Texas, Nevada, Arizona, and Wisconsin. His current research examines the costs and benefits of eyewitness identification reforms,
and the interface between science and public policy.
With an Update from Arthur Littleworth
Along with his editor, Dawn Hassett, past CUC chair Art Littleworth
will discuss his new book, No Easy Way, which recounts the compelling story
of how Riverside overcame challenges to became the first in the nation
to voluntarily integrate its schools in the 1960’s
Space is Limited! Please R.S.V.P. by January 21st.
$18.00/$22.00 (includes deluxe breakfast buffet)
A Special Thank You To This Month’s Sponsor :
Best, Best and Krieger, LLP
Using the enclosed envelope, please return your breakfast reservation payable to: REGENTS UC
University of California, Governmental & Community Relations – 101, Riverside, CA 92521-0153
Questions: Please call (951) 827-5184
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