Witness preparation training with real and simulated criminal defendants

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 659-687

  Boccaccini, Marcus T ^a   Gordon, Trina ^b   Brodsky, Stanley L ^b  

^a SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRIME; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; RATING SCALE; SIMULATION; SKILL; VIDEOTAPE; WITNESS;

CRIMINAL LAW; HUMANS; JURISPRUDENCE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27344460439     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.655     Document Type: Article

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