Farhan Sarwar
Eyewitness
Effects of eyewitness’ retellings and discussions with non-witnesses on memory and meta-memory judgments
Earwitnesses: The effect of voice differences in identification accuracy and the realism in confidence judgments
Lie-detection, using eye tracking
Semantic Spaces
Predicting accuracy of eyewitness’ statements
Awards and prizes
Winner of the venture cup research challenge Syd 2009. The contribution was “Semantic evaluation method (SEM) to predict the accuracy of eyewitness statements”.
Patent
The patent application for Semantic evaluation method (SEM) is pending.
Farhan Sarwar försvarade sin avhandling fredag 28 januari 2011
Eyewitness testimonies:
The memory and meta-memory effects of retellings and discussions with non-witnesses
Fakultetsopponent
Forskningschef Jan Andersson
VTI, Linköping
Farhan Sarwar´s dissertation has been of great interest in media.
Farhan Sarwars avhandling har fått en stor uppmärksamhet i massmedia. Nedan lite exempel.
Den åtalade nekade i sten men hade inte en chans. Sex ögonvittnen, varav tre poliser, pekade med full säkerhet ut honom som den person som hade försökt skjuta ihjäl en polis i samband med ett misslyckat gripande.
Metro 28 januari 2011 (Nytt fönster)
Ögonvittnen inte att lita på
Ögonvittnesskildringar, från brottsplatser, får idag alldeles för stor betydelse med hänsyn till hur stora fel vittnena ofta har, det visar ny forskning från Lund.
SVT.se den 24 januari 2011 (Nytt fönster)
Vittne till ett brott? Prata inte om det – fram med papper och penna och anteckna det du sett. Annars är risken stor att du minns fel, visar ny forskning.
Skånskan den 24 januari 2011 (Nytt fönster)
Eyewitnesses are weak at reproducing details such as the attire of criminals or what weapons were used, but they can be used to grasp the main points of a course of events, said Sarwar.
The Local Sweden´s news in English
24 januari 2011 (Nytt fönster)
Ögonvittnen spelar en central roll i polisens brottsutredningar. Men hur troligt är det att de minns rätt? Polisen fäster idag alltför stor vikt vid ögonvittnesskildringar. Det menar Farhan Sarwar vid Lunds universitet som i dagarna disputerar med en avhandling i vittnespsykologi.
Presskontakt.se (Nytt fönster)
Ögonvittnen har ofta fel
Polisen lägger alltför stor vikt på ögonvittnesskildringar. Detaljer glöms bort och vittnesmål kan lätt bli direkt felaktiga. Det visar resultatet av en ny avhandling vid Lunds universitet.
SecurityUser.com 31 januari 2011 (Nytt fönster)
Dagens Nyheter (Nytt fönster)
Sveriges Radio (Nytt fönster)
Sveriges Television (Nytt fönster)
Hur vet man om ett ögonvittne är trovärdigt? Modern Psykologi, No. 6, November 2010
Publications
Books (1)
Articles (2)
- Zetterholm, E., Sarwar, F., Thorvaldsson, V. & Allwood, C. (2012). Earwitnesses: the effect of type of vocal differences on correct identification and confidence accuracy. International Journal of Speech Language and the Law, 19, 219-237. Equinox Publishing Ltd.
- Sarwar, F., Allwood, C. & Innes-Ker, Å. (2011). Effects of communication with a non-witness on eyewitnesses’ recall correctness and meta-cognitive realism. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 25, 782-791.
Book chapters (1)
Conference papers (12)
- Sarwar, F., Allwood, C. & Innes-Ker, Å. (2011). Content analysis of eyewitnesses’ repeated recalls and discussions.
- Sarwar, F., Allwood, C. & Innes-Ker, Å. (2010). Eyewitnesses’ recall correctness and metacognitive realism for forensically central and forensically peripheral information.
- Zetterholm, E., Sarwar, F. & Allwood, C. (2010). Earwitnesses: The effect of type of voice lineup in identification accuracy and the realism in confidence judgments. In S, S. & G, A. (Eds.) Working Papers 54, Proceedings from Fonetik 2010 (pp. 113-118), 54. Lund University. Department of Linguistics and Phonetics.
- Sarwar, F., Allwood, C. & Innes-Ker, Å. (2009). Eyewitnesses’ recall correctness and metacognitive realism for forensically central and forensically peripheral information.
- Sarwar, F., Sikström, S., Allwood, C. & Innes-Ker, Å. (2009). Studying Successive Eyewitness Statements with Semantic Spaces.
- Zetterholm, E., Sarwar, F. & Allwood, C. (2009). Earwitnesses: The effect of voice differences in identification accuracy and the realism in confidence judgments. In P, B. & H, T. (Eds.) Proceedings FONETIK 2009: The XXIIth Swedish Phonetics Conference (pp. 180-185). Department of Linguistics, Stockholm University.
- Sarwar, F., Allwood, C. & Innes-Ker, Å. (2008). A longitudinal study on the implications of collaboration with a non-witness on eyewitnesses’ accuracy and metacognitive realism. The European Association of Psychology and Law.
- Sarwar, F., Allwood, C. & Innes-Ker, Å. (2008). Vittnens kommunikation med andra: Effekter på minnesbehållning och metakognitiv realism. In Granér, R. & Larsson, P. (Eds.) Policing in Scandinavia: Proceedings From the Conference on Policing Research in Växjö, August 2007. Växjö University Studies in Policing; 005-2008. (pp. 235-254). Växjö University.
- Sarwar, F., Sikström, S., Allwood, C. & Innes-Ker, Å. (2008). Studying successive eyewitness statements with semantic spaces.
- Sarwar, F., Allwood, C. & Innes-Ker, Å. (2007). Collaboration with a non-witness on eyewitnesses’ recall correctness and metacognitive realism. Nordic Network for research on Psychology and Law.
- Sarwar, F., Allwood, C. & Innes-Ker, Å. (2007). Effects of collaboration with a non-witness on eyewitnesses’ recall correctness and metacognitive realism. Nordic Conference on Police Research.
- Sarwar, F., Allwood, C. & Innes-Ker, Å. (2006). Effects of collaboration with a non witness on the metacognitive realism and confidence of an eye-witness. Network for research on Psychology and Law.
Tillbaka
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