How variations in distance affect eyewitness reports and identification accuracy

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 526-535

  Lindsay, R C L ^a   Semmler, Carolyn ^b   Weber, Nathan ^c   Brewer, Neil ^c   Lindsay, Marilyn R ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Description; Distance; Eyewitness identification; Lineup

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRIMINAL LAW; DECISION MAKING; LEGAL ASPECT; MEMORY; PERCEPTION; WITNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DECISION MAKING; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55949092296     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10979-008-9128-x     Document Type: Article

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