Eyewitness confidence from the witnessed event through trial

The Handbook of Eyewitness Psychology: Volume I: Memory for Events

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 371-397

  Shaw, Johns ^a   McClure, Kimberley A ^b   Dykstra, Josie A ^a  

^a LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315086309-15     Document Type: Chapter

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