Contemporary composite techniques: The impact of a forensically-relevant target delay

Legal and Criminological Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 63-81

  Frowd, Charlie D ^a   Carson, Derek ^b   Ness, Hayley ^a   McQuiston Surrett, Dawn ^c   Richardson, Jan ^d   Baldwin, Hayden ^e   Hancock, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST   (United States)

^d Evidential Art   (United Kingdom)

^e Forensic Enterprises   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DATA ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; OPERATOR; PHOTOGRAPHY; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAINING; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 14844286849     PISSN: 13553259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135532504X15358     Document Type: Article

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