Mug shot exposure effects: Does size matter?

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 175-182

  Blunt, Michelle R ^a   McAllister, Hunter A ^a  

^a SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eyewitness identification; Lineups; Mug books

Indexed keywords

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CRIME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PORTRAITS AS TOPIC;

EID: 62349122242     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10979-008-9126-z     Document Type: Article

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