Earwitness identification over the telephone and in field settings

Speech, Language and the Law

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 62-74

  Yarmey, A Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Field research; Lineup; Showup; Speaker identification; Telephone transmission; Voice description

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248708515     PISSN: 13501771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1558/sll.2003.10.1.62     Document Type: Article

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