The role of confirmation bias in suspect interviews: A systematic evaluation

Legal and Criminological Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 357-371

  Hill, Carole ^a   Memon, Amina ^a   McGeorge, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; GUILT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; INTERVIEW BIAS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNSTRUCTURED INTERVIEW; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 50849136837     PISSN: 13553259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135532507X238682     Document Type: Article

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