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Dear Geographers and Sustainers, As incoming president of Phi Beta Kappa at UT, I am pleased to invite you to this talk co-sponsored by our honor society. Definitely a timely and important topic! Please show up and invite your classes if appropriate. I'm hoping for an overflow crowd. Sincerely, Sally Sally P. Horn, Professor Department of Geography 304 Burchfiel Geography Building 1000 Phillip Fulmer Way The University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN 37996-0925 U.S.A. phone: (865) 974-6030 e-mail: [log in to unmask] http://geography.utk.edu/about-us/faculty/dr-sally-horn/ How do we ensure that verdicts in criminal cases are based on accurate evidence? Thursday, October 18, 2018 5:30 - 7:30, Min Kao Building Room 622 Dr. Dan Simon, Richard L. and Maria B. Crutcher Professor of Law and Psychology at the University of Southern California Professor Dan Simon investigates this question by examining how evidence is produced during the investigative phases of a criminal inquiry. In his presentation, he explores how the conditions under which police investigators collect evidence, the cognitive aspects of accurate witness testimony, and the veracity of confessions borne by means of interrogation interact to produce a mix of accurate and erroneous testimony. Simon focuses on how errors are induced by the investigative process, as well as the means by which evidence drifts and errors increase over the course of the criminal process. His investigations provide a method to understand where the criminal justice process falls short of meeting the goals of certitude sought in criminal verdicts. [cid:[log in to unmask]] <http://geography.utk.edu/about-us/faculty/dr-sally-horn/> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- To review the archives of CLUBGGY or Join/Leave the list go to: http://listserv.utk.edu/archives/clubggy.html