Now You See Me: Criminal Courts and the Eyewitness

The summer course Now You See Me: Criminal Courts and the Eyewitness examines the intersection of psychology and evidence law, exploring how human memory impacts the reliability of eyewitness identifications and shapes the processes and principles of evidence assessment in criminal trials.
Peephole and eye to spy

Photo: Yuri Arcurs / Mostphotos

Now You See Me: Criminal Courts and the Eyewitness is given as an elective course within the framework of the summer programme at the Department of Law, Stockholm University. Read more about programme on the following page:

SULaw's Summer Programme

This course is designed to unpack, engage with and discuss various issues of criminal justice and the law of evidence. By focusing on eyewitness identification evidence in particular, this course will provide students with a holistic understanding of theories around criminal justice and the purpose of criminal courts, as well as key concepts in the field of evidence, including standards of proof and debates around truth and facts in the legal context. This will be understood in conjunction with the findings of psychological research on human memory, and how its functioning impacts the reliability of eyewitness identifications, thus informing our understanding of the purpose, nature, and rationales behind the assessment of evidence in criminal courts.





Assessment

The course is examined on the basis of active participation at all teaching and a take-home exam.


The schedule will be available no later than one month before the start of the course. We do not recommend print-outs as changes can occur. At the start of the course, your department will advise where you can find your schedule during the course.


Note that the course literature can be changed up to two months before the start of the course.


Course reports are displayed for the three most recent course instances.

Learning platform

During the course, registered students will receive additional course information on the Athena learning platform.

https://athena.itslearning.com/

The Department

Read more about education at the Department of Law at Stockholm University on our homepage.

Education - Department of Law







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