Stereotyping, congruence and presentation order: Interpretative biases in utilizing offender profiles

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 285-303

  Marshall, Benjamin C ^a   Alison, Laurence J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Belief persistence; Confirmation bias; Offender profiling; Representativeness; Stereotypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547342847     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: 14772744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10683160600822162     Document Type: Article

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