Eyewitness Testimony

Handbook of Applied Cognition, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 763-786

  Wright, Daniel B ^a   Davies, Graham M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eyewitness testimony; Folk psychology; Human memory; Liquor store; Robbery

Indexed keywords

EID: 35248827172     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470713181.ch29     Document Type: Chapter

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