How to detect deception? Arresting the beliefs of police officers, prosecutors and judges

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-36

  Strömwall, Leif A ^a   Granhag, Pär Anders ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Beliefs about deception; Deception detection; Experts' opinions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037352509     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10683160308138     Document Type: Article

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