Videotaped interrogations and confessions: Does a dual-camera approach yield unbiased and accurate evaluations?

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 451-466

  Snyder, Celeste J ^b   Lassiter, G Daniel ^a   Lindberg, Matthew J ^a   Pinegar, Shannon K ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Florida Coastal School of Law   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEGAL COMPETENCE; LEGAL EVIDENCE; LEGAL PROCEDURE; VIDEORECORDING;

CRIME; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIE DETECTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 67749145744     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: 10990798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.875     Document Type: Article

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