A re-examination of the effects of biased lineup instructions in eyewitness identification

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 395-424

  Clark, Steven E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Eyewitness identification; Memory; Police procedures

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; DECISION MAKING; EFFECT SIZE; HUMAN; MEMORY; META ANALYSIS; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; POLICE; POLICY; RECOGNITION; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WITNESS; CRIME; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LAW ENFORCEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RECALL;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CRIME; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MENTAL RECALL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 32544454240     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10979-005-5690-7     Document Type: Review

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