Do prophylactics prevent inflation? Post-identification feedback and the effectiveness of procedures to protect against confidence-inflation in earwitnesses

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 111-121

  Quinlivan, Deah S ^a   Neuschatz, Jeffrey S ^b   Jimenez, Angelina ^b   Cling, Andrew D ^b   Douglass, Amy Bradfield ^c   Goodsell, Charles A ^d  

^a Iowa State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^c BATES COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Confidence prophylactic; Delay; Earwitness; Post identification feedback

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALABAMA; CRIME VICTIMS; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF EFFICACY; VOICE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62349128690     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10979-008-9132-1     Document Type: Article

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