Police officers' perceptions of older eyewitnesses

Legal and Criminological Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 211-223

  Wright, Allison M ^a   Holliday, Robyn E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMNESIA; COGNITION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; WITNESS;

EID: 25444480246     PISSN: 13553259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135532505X37001     Document Type: Review

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