Guilty and innocent suspects' strategies during police interrogations

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 213-227

  Hartwig, Maria ^a   Granhag, Pär Anders ^b   Strömwall, Leif A ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Deception detection; Guilt; Innocence; Strategic use of evidence; Suspects' strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947369881     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: 14772744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10683160600750264     Document Type: Article

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