TY - JOUR
T1 - Editorial: The impact of alcohol and drugs on suspects', victims' and witnesses' cognition and memory
AU - Hagsand, Angelica V.
AU - Flowe, Heather
AU - Takarangi, Melanie
AU - Gawrylowicz, Julie
N1 - COPYRIGHT © 2023 Hagsand, Flowe, Takarangi and Gawrylowicz. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY)
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PY - 2023/5/24
Y1 - 2023/5/24
N2 - In many societies around the world, alcohol and other drug use and abuse pose major health and safety problems. There is a clear link between alcohol consumption and lack of impulse control and an increased risk of violence, which leads to a high prevalence of intoxicated victims, witnesses, and suspects—especially in relation to violent crimes. Although recent years have seen an increase in applied research on the acute effects of alcohol and other drugs on memory and cognition, especially on the topic of eyewitness memory, there are still many gaps in our knowledge. Indeed, more research is needed to further disentangle the often-complex effects of alcohol and other drugs, especially in applied forensic contexts, such as witness and suspect investigative interviewing.
AB - In many societies around the world, alcohol and other drug use and abuse pose major health and safety problems. There is a clear link between alcohol consumption and lack of impulse control and an increased risk of violence, which leads to a high prevalence of intoxicated victims, witnesses, and suspects—especially in relation to violent crimes. Although recent years have seen an increase in applied research on the acute effects of alcohol and other drugs on memory and cognition, especially on the topic of eyewitness memory, there are still many gaps in our knowledge. Indeed, more research is needed to further disentangle the often-complex effects of alcohol and other drugs, especially in applied forensic contexts, such as witness and suspect investigative interviewing.
U2 - 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1209406
DO - 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1209406
M3 - Editorial
SN - 1664-1078
VL - 14
JO - Frontiers in Psychology
JF - Frontiers in Psychology
M1 - 1209406
ER -