Commentary on "Studying eyewitness investigations in the field": A look forward

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-15

  Steblay, Nancy Kay ^a  

^a AUGSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Eyewitness memory; Field experiment; Police lineup

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FIELD STUDY; HUMAN; IDENTITY; MEMORY; POLICE; POLICY; WITNESS;

CRIME VICTIMS; CRIMINOLOGY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; IDENTIFICATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ILLINOIS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 37849024846     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10979-007-9105-9     Document Type: Article

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