Suggestive eyewitness identification procedures and the supreme court's reliability test in light of eyewitness science: 30 Years later

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-24

  Wells, Gary L ^a   Quinlivan, Deah S ^a  

^a Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

Author keywords

Expert eyewitness testimony; Eyewitness; Lineups; Suggestive identification procedures

Indexed keywords

CRIME; CRIMINAL LAW; FACE; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; SUPREME COURT DECISIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58849142195     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10979-008-9130-3     Document Type: Review

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