Instruction bias and lineup presentation moderate the effects of administrator knowledge on eyewitness identification

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 70-82

  Greathouse, Sarah M ^a   Kovera, Margaret Bull ^a  

^a JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Double blind; Eyewitness identification; Lineups; Memory

Indexed keywords

CRIMINAL LAW; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58849108259     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10979-008-9136-x     Document Type: Article

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