Theory and practice in interviewing young children: A study of Norwegian police interviews 1985-2002

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 629-640

  Thoresen, Christian ^a   Lønnum, Kyrre ^a   Melinder, Annika ^a   Stridbeck, Ulf ^a   Magnussen, Svein ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Child witness; Forensic interview; Interview style

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750925384     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: 14772744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10683160500350546     Document Type: Article

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