Specialist training in investigative and evidential interviewing: Is it having any effect on the behaviour of professionals in the field?

Psychiatry, Psychology and Law

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 44-55

  Powell, Martine B ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REVIEW; SKILL;

EID: 0036402027     PISSN: 13218719     EISSN: 19341687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/pplt.2002.9.1.44     Document Type: Article

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