The perceived credibility of older adults as witnesses and its relation to ageism

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 355-375

  Mueller Johnson, Katrin ^a   Toglia, Michael P ^b   Sweeney, Charlotte D ^c   Ceci, Stephen J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGEISM; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHARACTER; COGNITION; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURT; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; FEMALE; HONESTY; HUMAN; JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; MEMORY; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; WITNESS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; SEMANTICS; SUGGESTION;

EID: 34347405109     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: 10990798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.765     Document Type: Article

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