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Elizabeth Loftus, Professor of Psychology and Adjunct Professor
of Law at the University of Washington, Seattle. She received her
Ph.D. in Psychology from Stanford University. Since then, she has
published 20 books and over 300 scientific articles. Her 4th book,
Eyewitness Testimony, won a National Media Award (Distinguished
Contribution) from the American Psychological Foundation. One of
her most widely read books, The Myth of Repressed Memory has been
translated into Dutch, Taiwanese, French, German, Japanese, and
other foreign languages.
Loftus has been an expert witness or consultant in hundreds of
cases, including the McMartin PreSchool Molestation case, the Hillside
Strangler, the Abscam cases, the trial of Oliver North, the trial
of the officers accused in the Rodney King beating, the Menendez
brothers, the Michael Jackson case, the Bosnian War trials in the
Hague, the Oklahoma Bombing case, and the trial of the Marines accused
of culpable negligence when they severed the cables of a ski-lift
while flying in the Italian Alps. Loftus also has worked on numerous
cases involving allegations of "repressed memories" such
as those involving George Franklin of San Mateo, California, Cardinal
Bernardin of Chicago, and Gary Ramona of Napa, California.
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Eyewitness Testimony: Memory
and the Law
Wednesday-Sunday January
24-28, 2001
University of Oklahoma campus
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This seminar was about memory and the law - about the value
and reliability of eyewitness testimony and the recovery of
repressed memory. We examined both the psychological and the
legal issues. We began with an extended discussion and examination
centered on the fast-growing topic of eyewitness testimony,
or perception and memory of real-world events. We studied the
psychological factors that influence eyewitness testimony, and
also examine the role of the eyewitness in the legal system.
Following this, we covered the repressed memory controversy.
The last decade has seen thousands of individuals claiming to
have recovered deeply repressed memories of childhood abuse.
Many of these individuals have sued their alleged abusers. We
discussed the psychological phenomena as well as the legal issues
surrounding the controversy.
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The Class Reading List: (These books and articles supplied
by OSLEP)
Eyewitness Testimony, E.F. Loftus, Harvard
University Press, 1979.
Witness for the Defense, Loftus, E.F. &
Ketcham, K., NY: St. Martin's Press 1991.
The Myth of Repressed Memory, Loftus, E.F. &
Ketcham, K., St. Martin's Press, 1994.
Reading packet.
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