Social workers' and police officers' perception of victim credibility: Perspective-taking and the impact of extra-evidential factors

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 307-319

  Mulder, Marianne R ^a   Winkel, Frans Willem ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Extra evidential factors; Rape; Victim credibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039930532     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10683169608409786     Document Type: Article

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