Constructing facial composites with the Mac-A-Mug Pro system

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 209-218

  Koehn, Christine E ^a   Fisher, Ronald P ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eyewitness; Facial composites; Guided memory; Mac A Mug

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031492280     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10683169708410815     Document Type: Article

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