Which of the following is recommended for increasing eyewitness accuracy and lineups?

A. Provide eyewitnesses with immediate feedback about the accuracy of their choices.
B. Have eyewitnesses judge each suspect individually, indicating yes or no to each one.
C. The detective should ask a series of yes or no questions rather than letting eyewitnesses offer unprompted recollections.
D. Ask eyewitnesses to carefully describe the suspect verbally before asking them to make a lineup choice.


Answer: B

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