The relationship between job status, interviewing experience, gender, and police officers' adherence to open-ended questions

Legal and Criminological Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-63

  Smith, Rebecca M ^a   Powell, Martine B ^a   Lum, Jarrad ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAINING; WITNESS; WORK EXPERIENCE;

EID: 67649947196     PISSN: 13553259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135532507X262360     Document Type: Article

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