Alibi Assessment and Believability Across Different Legal Systems and Cultural Contexts

Nieuwkamp, Ricardo; Mergaerts, Lore

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“…Sauerland et al, 2016). In practice, the police detectives' role is very important in evaluating alibis in criminal pre-trial investigations in both adversarial and inquisitorial legal systems (Nieuwkamp & Mergaerts, 2022). Depending on whether they consider the alibi to be believable, the police officers may invest more or less time and energy investigating the suspect's potential involvement in the alleged crime.…”

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“…When the police services question a suspect who denies any involvement in the alleged crime at least two options arise: either the suspect is lying about his involvement or the suspect is genuinely not involved in the crime. At a certain point in time, these two scenarios need to be evaluated in court, by a jury and/or a judge (Nieuwkamp & Mergaerts, 2022). In both scenarios a suspect may present an alibi, stating he could not be involved in the alleged crime as he was at another location (Olson & Wells, 2004).…”

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Section: Police Detectives As Participantsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%