Using the cognitive interview with adults with mild learning disabilities

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 5, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 81-99

  Milne, Rebecca ^a   Clare, Isabel C H ^b   Bull, Ray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive interview; Learning disabilities (intellectual disabilities); Vulnerable adults; Witnesses

Indexed keywords

EID: 6144248261     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10683169908414995     Document Type: Article

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