Adults' ability to detect children's lying

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 703-715

  Crossman, Angela M ^b   Lewis, Michael ^a  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HONESTY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MALINGERING; MENTAL HEALTH; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; LIE DETECTION; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; ROC CURVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750632008     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: 10990798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.731     Document Type: Article

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