Police reports can contain mistakes in identifying perpetrators influenced by various factors, leading to underreporting of abuse and eyewitness identification errors.
Mistakes in identifying perpetrators in police reports can be influenced by various factors such as poor viewing conditions, insufficient time to view the perpetrator, or delays from the time of witnessing to identification. These errors can lead to misperceptions and inaccuracies in the information recorded.
Additionally, victims may be reluctant to report abuse to the police due to concerns about not being believed or feeling that authorities cannot help them. This reluctance contributes to underreporting of intimate partner violence.
Eyewitness identification errors are more likely in stressful witnessing experiences, with poor viewing conditions, inadequate time to view the perpetrator, substantial delay in identification, and when identifying perpetrators of a different race.
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