Effects of expert testimony and interrogation tactics on perceptions of confessions

Psychological Reports

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 563-570

  Moffa, Morgan S ^a   Platania, Judith ^a  

^a ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CRIMINAL LAW; EXPERT WITNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COERCION; CRIMINAL LAW; EXPERT TESTIMONY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 34250858863     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.100.2.563-570     Document Type: Article

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