... eyewitnesses over estimated the length of time the crime lasted and the weight of the gunman, the also underestimated his age. Seven weeks later only 40% of the witnesses could identify the gunman from photographs; even the 'shot professor' couldn't identify the gunman. Months later Buckhout used a line up of suspects and found that only 14% of witnesses could pick out the right criminal. The have been endless amounts of research in to the accuracy of an adults memory when recalling events they have participated in. but what do we know about children's event memory? Dent and Wilkinson (1988) stated that when recalling an event, children are less accurate and even less detailed except when the environment of the event is accurately restored. It has also been found that the more interested a child is in an event the more accurate the memory, and if the personal interest is ...

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