When stereotypes backfire: Trying to suppress stereotypes produces false recollections of a crime

Legal and Criminological Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 327-336

  Peters, Maarten J V ^a   Jelicic, Marko ^a   Merckelbach, Harald ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; FEMALE; FORCED CHOICE METHOD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEMORY; NETHERLANDS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RECOGNITION; SCORING SYSTEM; STEREOTYPY;

EID: 33748614307     PISSN: 13553259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135532505X74055     Document Type: Article

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