Guide to questioning children during the free-narrative phase of an investigative interview

Australian Psychologist

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-65

  Powell, Martine B ^a   Snow, Pamela C ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 33846947570     PISSN: 00050067     EISSN: 17429544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00050060600976032     Document Type: Review

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