RISKS AND FAILURES IN PERSONAL RECOGNITION

THE PERSPECTIVE OF PSYCHOLOGY IN CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Abstract

Personal recognition is one of the main forms of evidence in criminal proceedings, in order to identify the authorship or nature of a fact in criminal proceedings, however, it is vulnerable and fragile evidence, since the procedure is not always followed as provided by law. Moreover, this means of proof is carried out by the victim or eyewitnesses, who can often have distorted views regarding the alleged author of the facts and the crime itself, due to various factors that can alter their memories, such as time, location, or false memories. Therefore,through deductive reasoning, this descriptive research seeks to understand how the judicial system can improve the production of this evidence to achieve a more objective, reliable, and concrete result based on the psychology of the human mind, avoiding possible failures and errors. In short, it can be seen that, in addition to observing the recognition procedure as provided by law, it is necessary to understand psychology regarding the human mind and to correctly asses the evidence as a whole.