Detecting malingered memory problems in the civil and criminal arena

Legal and Criminological Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 97-114

  Van Oorsouw, Kim ^a   Merckelbach, Harald ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMNESIA; CIVILIZATION; CRIMINOLOGY; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; MALINGERING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPATHY; RECUMBENCY; REVIEW;

EID: 74749091546     PISSN: 13553259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135532509X451304     Document Type: Review

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