Desperately seeking evidence: The recovered memory debate

Legal and Criminological Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 131-154

  Memon, Amina ^a   Young, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RECALL; SEXUAL ABUSE;

EID: 0030981689     PISSN: 13553259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8333.1997.tb00339.x     Document Type: Article

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