Eyewitness memory of a supermarket robbery: A case study of accuracy and confidence after 3 months

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 506-514

  Odinot, Geralda ^a   Wolters, Gezinus ^b   Van Koppen, Peter J ^a,c,d  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF CRIME AND LAW ENFORCEMENT   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Case study; Eyewitness accuracy; Eyewitness confidence; Eyewitness memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; SELF REPORT; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; VISUAL MEMORY; WITNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AWARENESS; FEMALE; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THEFT; TIME FACTORS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71449114971     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10979-008-9152-x     Document Type: Article

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