Aiding the performance of older eyewitnesses: Enhanced non-biased line-up instructions and line-up presentation

Psychiatry, Psychology and Law

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 129-140

  Wilcock, Rachel A ^a   Bull, Ray ^b   Vrij, Aldert ^c  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEMORY; PERFORMANCE; SCORING SYSTEM; WITNESS;

EID: 22444443419     PISSN: 13218719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/pplt.2005.12.1.129     Document Type: Article

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