A qualitative examination of police officers' questioning of children about repeated events

Police Practice and Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-73

  Guadagno, Belinda L ^a   Powell, Martine B ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Particularisation; Police interviewing; Repeated offences

Indexed keywords

EID: 68149094239     PISSN: 15614263     EISSN: 1477271X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15614260802128468     Document Type: Article

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