Coerced or nonvoluntary confessions

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 423-440

  Wakefield, Hollida ^a   Underwager, Ralph ^a  

^a Institute for Psychological Therapies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COURT; LEGAL ASPECT; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; POLICE; WITNESS;

EID: 0032431824     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0798(199823)16:4<423::AID-BSL319>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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