Lineup Composition, Suspect Position, and the Sequential Lineup Advantage

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 118-128

  Carlson, Curt A ^a   Gronlund, Scott D ^a   Clark, Steven E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

eyewitness identification; lineup procedures; recognition memory; sequential lineup advantage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CRIME; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; RECOGNITION; VISION;

ADULT; CRIME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REPRESSION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 47049120199     PISSN: 1076898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1076-898X.14.2.118     Document Type: Article

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