The cognitive interview and its effect on witnesses' confidence

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-52

  Granhag, Pär Anders ^a   Jonsson, Anna Carin ^b   Allwood, Carl Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Calibration; Realism in Confidence; Reiteration Effect; The Cognitive Interview

Indexed keywords

EID: 0842285899     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1068316021000030577     Document Type: Review

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