Stretching the blanket: Legal reforms affecting child witnesses

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 317-340

  McGough, Lucy S ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0040653906     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1041-6080(97)90012-1     Document Type: Article

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