The cognitive interview: Inexperienced police officers' perceptions of their witness/victim interviewing practices

Legal and Criminological Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-70

  Dando, Coral ^a   Wilcock, Rachel ^a   Milne, Rebecca ^b  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL LAW; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MEMORY; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; POLICE; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; RESPONSE VARIABLE; SELF CONCEPT; TRAINING; UNITED KINGDOM; VICTIM; WITNESS;

EID: 39749163427     PISSN: 13553259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135532506X162498     Document Type: Article

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