Is there a magical time boundary for diagnosing eyewitness identification accuracy in sequential line-ups?

Legal and Criminological Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 123-135

  Sauer, James D ^a   Brewer, Neil ^a   Wells, Gary L ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Iowa State University   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL LAW; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE VARIABLE; SIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDITY; WITNESS;

EID: 39749095005     PISSN: 13553259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135532506X159203     Document Type: Article

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