Effects of prior interpretation on situation assessment in crime analysis

Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 455-465

  Kerstholt, José H ^a   Eikelboom, Aletta R ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Confidence; Crime analysis; Information processing

Indexed keywords

EID: 37749051305     PISSN: 08943257     EISSN: 10990771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdm.570     Document Type: Article

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