Public eyewitness confidence can be influenced by the presence of other witnesses

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 629-652

  Shaw III, John S ^a   Appio, Lauren M ^a   Zerr, Tana K ^a   Pontoski, Kristin E ^a  

^a LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Confidence accuracy relationship; Eyewitness confidence; Public confidence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL PROCEDURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RATING SCALE; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL PROBLEM; WITNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 36348959074     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10979-006-9080-6     Document Type: Article

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