Cross-racial lineup identification: Assessing the potential benefits of context reinstatement

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-28

  Evans, Jacqueline Renee ^a   Marcon, Jessica L ^b   Meissner, Christian A ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Context reinstatement; Cross racial identification; Eyewitness identification; Lineup identification; Memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 61449202916     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: 14772744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10683160802047030     Document Type: Article

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