When does evidence of eyewitness confidence inflation affect judgments in a criminal trial?

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 369-387

  Bradfield, Amy ^a   McQuiston, Dawn E ^b  

^a BATES COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

confidence; Eyewitness; identification; inflation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CIVIL DEFENSE; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURT; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; CRIMINAL LAW; DECISION MAKING; GUILT; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RACE DIFFERENCE; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WITNESS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CRIMINAL LAW; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4444295423     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:LAHU.0000039331.54147.ff     Document Type: Article

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