Research evidence has shown that the presence of a weapon
a. increases the accuracy of the account.
b. reduces the ambiguity of the interpretation of the situation.
c. impairs an eyewitness's accuracy of a description of a suspect.
d. allows an eyewitness to remember the event longer.
ANSWER: c
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