Hypnotic interviewing: The best way to interview eyewitnesses?

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 115-129

  Kebbell, Mark R ^a   Wagstaff, Graham F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; COGNITION; HYPNOSIS; INFORMATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; POLICE; REVIEW; WITNESS;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COGNITION; CRIME; CUES; HUMANS; HYPNOSIS; INTERVIEWS; MEMORY; POLICE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUGGESTION;

EID: 0031898782     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0798(199824)16:1<115::AID-BSL296>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Review

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