Selecting foils for identification lineups: Matching suspects or descriptions?

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 231-258

  Tunnicliff, Jennifer L ^a   Clark, Steven E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLLEGE; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; OFFENDER; RELIABILITY; THEORY; WITNESS;

ADULT; CRIMINAL LAW; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; POLICE; STUDENTS; THEFT;

EID: 0034050682     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005463020252     Document Type: Article

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