Memory for murder: a psychological perspective on dissociative amnesia in legal contexts

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 23-42

  Porter, Stephen ^a   Birt, Angela R ^b   Yuille, John C ^b   Hervé, Hugues F ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DISSOCIATION; EVALUATION; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; JUSTICE; LITERATURE; MALINGERING; MEMORY; MOTIVATION; RECALL; RESPONSIBILITY; SEXUAL CRIME; VICTIM; VIOLENCE; WITNESS;

AMNESIA; CANADA; CRIMINAL LAW; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; JURISPRUDENCE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; REPRESSION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0035038035     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-2527(00)00066-2     Document Type: Article

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