Identification accuracy of children versus adults: A meta-analysis

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 549-570

  Pozzulo, Joanna D ^a   Lindsay, R C L ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; FACE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IDENTITY; META ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; TRAINING; WITNESS;

EID: 0031759609     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025739514042     Document Type: Article

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