Investigating investigators: Examining the impact of eyewitness identification evidence on student-investigators

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 439-453

  Boyce, Melissa A ^a   Lindsay, D Stephen ^a   Brimacombe, C A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crime investigation; Eyewitness identification; Investigator decision making

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRIME; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; WITNESS;

ADULT; CRIMINAL LAW; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 51349124464     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10979-007-9125-5     Document Type: Article

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