Hugo Munsterberg

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Gary Wells

Hugo Munsterberg

The history of modern psychology's critique of the legal system begins with Hugo Munsterberg, who was imported to Harvard by William James, then blasted in a famous law review article by John Henry Wigmore. His 1907 On The Witness Stand is published in full on the web.


Professor Gary Wells, Iowa State University:

Almost certainly the leading psychological figure in the effort to reform the legal system's response to eyewitness evidence, Professor Gary Wells maintains a frequently up-dated, and comprehensive set of links on his web page.


Professor Steven Penrod

Professor Steven Penrod of John Jay College of Criminal Justice of the City University of New York, is the co-author (with Brian Cutler) of perhaps the best single-volume treatise written from the researchers' point of view on the issue of eyewitness psychology.  His web page contains links to research which is both comprehensive and highly practical.


Professor Sol Fulero

Professor Sol Fulero, another veteran of the D.O.J. Technical Working Group On Eyewitness Evidence, and an experienced expert witness also contains a web page at http://www.fulero.com


The Eyewitness Consortium

A group of leading researchers including Roy Malpass, John Turtle, Sol Fulero, Rod Lindsay and Ron Fisher  have pooled their expertise in a web page.


The Eyewitness  Identification Laboratory

Professor Otto Maclin of Northern Iowa State University leads a concerted effort to investigate eyewitness memory issue and provides a webpage rich in resources at: http://www.uni.edu/psych/eyewitness.html.