Effects of monetary incentives on performance of nonprofessionals in document-examination proficiency tests

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1000-1004

  Kam, Moshe ^a   Fielding, Gabriel ^a   Conn, Robert ^b  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Document examination; Forensic science; Handwriting analysis; Handwriting tests; Monetary incentives; Proficiency testing; Questioned documents; Writer identification

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCUMENT EXAMINATION; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MONEY; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0031682684     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs14348j     Document Type: Article

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