Effects of false-evidence ploys and expert testimony on jurors' verdicts, recommended sentences, and perceptions of confession evidence

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 333-360

  Woody, William Douglas ^a   Forrest, Krista D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT KEARNEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; EXPERT WITNESS; LEGAL COMPETENCE; LEGAL EVIDENCE; LEGAL PROCEDURE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PUNISHMENT; RISK REDUCTION;

DECEPTION; DECISION MAKING; EXPERT TESTIMONY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTION; POLICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 67749084684     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: 10990798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.865     Document Type: Article

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