On the diagnosticity of multiple-witness identifications

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 406-422

  Clark, Steven E ^a   Wells, Gary L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eyewitness identification; Legal decision making

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; WITNESS;

CRIME; CRIMINAL LAW; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 51349113521     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10979-007-9115-7     Document Type: Article

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