Children's and adults' eyewitness identification accuracy when a culprit changes his appearance: Comparing simultaneous and elimination lineup procedures

Legal and Criminological Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-34

  Pozzulo, Joanna D ^a   Balfour, Janet ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDENTITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; THEFT; VIDEOTAPE; WITNESS;

EID: 32544443647     PISSN: 13553259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135532505X52626     Document Type: Article

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