Impact of expert testimony on the believability of repressed memories

Violence and Victims

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 115-124

  Sugarman, David B ^a   Boney McCoy, Sue ^b  

^a RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE   (United States)

^b EASTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EXPERT WITNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OFFENDER; RECALL; SEXUAL CRIME;

EID: 0030667275     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.12.2.115     Document Type: Article

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