Eyewitness testimony: Tracing the beliefs of Swedish legal professionals

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 709-727

  Granhag, Pär Anders ^a   Strömwall, Leif A ^b   Hartwig, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Göteborg University ^*

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SWEDEN; WITNESS;

ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JURISPRUDENCE; LAWYERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN;

EID: 27444432087     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.670     Document Type: Article

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