Police practices and perceptions regarding juvenile interrogation and interrogative suggestibility

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 757-780

  Meyer, Jessica R ^a   Reppucci, N Dickon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERROGATIVE SUGGESTIBILITY; JUVENILE INTERROGATION; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; PERCEPTION; POLICE; RELIABILITY; STANDARD; TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BALTIMORE; COERCION; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLICE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 38349039330     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: 10990798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.774     Document Type: Article

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