Victim narratives and victim selves: False Memory Syndrome and the power of accounts

Social Problems

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 529-548

  Davis, Joseph E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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EID: 31444439645     PISSN: 00377791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sp.2005.52.4.529     Document Type: Review

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