Changing the face of criminal identification

Psychologist

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 668-672

  Frowd, Charlie ^a   Bruce, Vicki ^b   Hancock, Peter J B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

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