Abstract
Summary The present study investigated the effect that living in a very race conscious society, South Africa, has on eye-witness testimony when the “crime” is committed by members of different race groups. Two simulated assaults were carried out. They were almost identical except for the fact that in one a white assaulted a white, while in the other a black assaulted a white. In each case 15 white male and female undergraduate eyewitnesses were requested to write a report describing both the persons involved and the sequence of events. Reliability of testimony scores were calculated for each S. Analysis of the results showed no differences in reliability of testimony between the groups for reports taken as a whole, for the description of the sequence of events, or for the description of the participants involved. These results seemed to indicate that racial bias did not influence the testimony of the eye-witnesses.
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