For assignment one, you have a choice between completing assignment 1a, a case of disputed confession, or assignment 1b, a case of eyewitness identification.You should only do one of the two, and cannot submit an assignment for both.
You are to review the materials for either assignment 1a or assignment 1b and write a report from the perspective of an expert witness. Assignments should be approximately 8-10 pages in APA style and must include proper citations and references. Most of the references you will need can likely be taken from Kaplan et al. (2019; assignment 1a) or Wells et al. (2020; assignment 1b), although additional research may be required. Both assignments will be graded out of a possible 100 marks.
Assignment 1a should be broken down into the introduction, personal risk factors, situational risk factors, and conclusions. The rubric is as follows:
Assignment 1b should be broken down into the introduction, estimator variables, system variables, and conclusions. The rubric is as follows:
Introduction: 10 Marks
System Variables: 25 Marks
Estimator Variables: 25 Marks
Conclusions: 15 Marks
APA Formatting: 10 Marks
Grammar/writing: 10 Marks
References: 5 Marks