Witness factors and their influence on jurors' perceptions and verdicts

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 923-934

  Pozzulo, Joanna D ^a   Dempsey, Julie L ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age; Bystander; Eyewitness identification; Juror decision making; Jury; Victim; Witness

Indexed keywords

EID: 70249095033     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854809338450     Document Type: Article

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