Perceptions of Older Adult Eyewitnesses: Will You Believe Me When I'm 64?

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 507-522

  Brimacombe, C A Elizabeth ^a   Jung, Sandy ^b   Garrioch, Lynn ^b   Allison, Meredith ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b University of Victoria ^*

Author keywords

Senior's perceived credibility; Seniors' testimony

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; VIDEOTAPE; WITNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CRIME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); ROLE PLAYING; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0142056876     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025486006769     Document Type: Conference Paper

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