Can criteria-based content analysis distinguish between true and false statements of African-American speakers?

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 369-388

  Ruby, Charles L ^a,b   Brigham, John C ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HQ AFOSI/XOGP ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; NEGRO; SEXUAL ABUSE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0031874909     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025766825429     Document Type: Article

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