'Objection, Your Honor! Television is not the relevant authority.' Crime drama portrayals of eyewitness issues

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 225-243

  Desmarais, Sarah L ^a,b   Price, Heather L ^c   Read, J Don ^b  

^a BC Mental Health & Addiction Services   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Expert testimony; Eyewitness testimony; Juror knowledge; Television portrayal

Indexed keywords

EID: 47749129220     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: 14772744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10683160701652583     Document Type: Article

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