US police officers' knowledge regarding behaviors indicative of deception: Implications for eradicating erroneous beliefs through training

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 489-503

  Colwell, Lori H ^a,b   Miller, Holly A ^a   Miller, Rowland S ^a   Lyons Jr , Phillip M ^a  

^a SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Midtown Psychological Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Beliefs about deception; Detecting deception; Police officers

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748573977     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: 14772744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10683160500254839     Document Type: Article

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