Validity of the mockwitness paradigm: Testing the assumptions

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 439-453

  McQuiston, Dawn E ^a   Malpass, Roy S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Eyewitness identification; Mockwitness; Sequential lineups

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CRIMINOLOGY; EVALUATION; EYE WITNESS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MOCK WITNESS; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; PHOTOGRAPHY; WITNESS; CRIMINAL LAW; DECISION MAKING; MEMORY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY; VISION;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CRIMINAL LAW; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MEMORY; OBSERVER VARIATION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; STEREOTYPING; STUDENTS; TEXAS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0036673075     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016383305868     Document Type: Article

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