Witnessing-condition heterogeneity and witnesses' versus investigators' confidence in the accuracy of witnesses' identification decisions

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 685-697

  Lindsay, D Stephen ^a   Nilsen, Elizabeth ^a   Read, J Don ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EXPERT WITNESS; HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; HUMANS; JURISPRUDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MENTAL RECALL; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0033758585     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005504320565     Document Type: Article

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