Assistance to the fact finder: Eyewitness expert testimony versus attorneys' closing arguments

American Journal of Forensic Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 5-15

  Geiselman, R Edward ^a   Mendez, Betty A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EXPERT WITNESS; HUMAN; IDENTITY; LAW; LAW SUIT; OFFENDER; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 20044395648     PISSN: 07331290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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