Lineup identification by children: Effects of clothing bias

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 339-354

  Freire, Alejo ^a   Lee, Kang ^b   Williamson, Karen S ^c   Stuart, Sarah J E ^d   Lindsay, R C L ^d  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Development, clothing bias; Eyewitness testimony; Face recognition

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLOTHING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOGRAPHY; VIDEOTAPE; WITNESS; CRIME; CRIMINAL LAW; FACE; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; RECOGNITION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CLOTHING; CRIME; CRIMINAL LAW; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PREJUDICE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 3442881627     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:LAHU.0000029142.00834.e3     Document Type: Article

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