The effects of children's age and delay on recall in a cognitive or structured interview

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 97-107

  Akehurst, Lucy ^b   Milne, Rebecca ^a   Köhnken, Gunter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Age; Children; Cognitive interview; Delay

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037348605     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10683160308140     Document Type: Article

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