Credibility of the emotional witness: A study of ratings by court judges

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 221-230

  Wessel, Ellen ^a   Drevland, Guri C B ^a   Eilertsen, Dag Erik ^a   Magnussen, Svein ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Court judges; Emotional expression; Witness credibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COURT; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUSTICE; MALE; MENTAL INSTABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; VIDEORECORDING; WITNESS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CRIMINAL LAW; EMOTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RAPE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CRIMINAL LAW; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; RAPE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 33747142159     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10979-006-9024-1     Document Type: Article

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