Effects of administrator-witness contact on eyewitness identification accuracy

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1106-1112

  Haw, Ryann M ^a   Fisher, Ronald P ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

CRIME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRESSION;

EID: 10944257738     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.89.6.1106     Document Type: Article

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