Eyewitness Reliability
Solomon Fulero, Ph.D., J.D.
Psychologist/Attorney
Eyewitness reliability and the factors that affect it have been the focus of psychological research for over 100 years. Since the advent of DNA technology in the 1990s, it has been shown that mistaken eyewitness identification is the leading cause of wrongful convictions. Psychologists have become involved in the presentation of expert testimony in eyewitness cases, as well as in the development of better ways to collect eyewitness evidence.
This presentation will discuss the research on eyewitness reliability and eyewitness evidence collection, and how this research is presented in expert testimony in criminal cases. If you would like to learn more about this subject, prior to the conference presentation, visit www.fulero.com
About the Speaker
Solomon Fulero, Ph.D. is both a practicing attorney and a psychologist. Dr. Fulero received his Ph.D. in social psychology and his law degree from the University of Oregon in August 1979 and December 1979 respectively, and a re-specialization certificate in clinical psychology from Wright State University in June 1988. He is Professor and former Chair of Psychology at Sinclair College in Dayton, Ohio and Clinical Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at Wright State University in Dayton.
Dr. Fulero maintains private practices in both psychology and law, and is a frequent expert witness on matters pertaining to legal psychology, in both social/experimental (eyewitness testimony, interrogations and confessions, pretrial publicity, etc.) and clinical (competency, sanity, sexual predator status, competency to waive Miranda rights, etc.) areas.
His work on mental retardation, suggestibility, and confessions was cited by the U.S. Supreme Court in Atkins v. Virginia
Dr. Fulero is the co-author of the Wadsworth/Thomson textbook Forensic Psychology, Second Edition, published in July 2004 (soon to be released in the Third Edition in 2008), as well as numerous scholarly articles in both psychology journals and law reviews.
Dr. Fulero is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association. He has been on the Executive Committee of the American Psychology-Law Society (APLS), was the APLS representative to the governing Council of Representatives of the American Psychological Association in 1999-2002, was a member of the APA Committee on Legal Issues from 2000-2003 (chair in 2002- 2003), and was President of APLS in 2003-2004.
You may view Dr. Fulero's curriculum vita here.