When the perpetrator is the same race as the witness,this tends to lead to:
A)lower false positives and higher true negatives relative to other-race identifications.
B)higher false identifications and lower correct rejections than other-race identifications.
C)higher foil identifications and higher false negatives than other-race identifications.
D)lower false identifications as well as lower true positives relative to other-race identifications.
E)higher correct identifications and lower false positives than other-race identifications.

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Research has shown that when the perpetrator is of the same race as the witness, there tends to be higher correct identifications and lower false positives compared to when the perpetrator is of a different race. This effect is known as the own-race bias or the cross-race effect.

When the Perpetrator Is the Same Race as the Witness,this