Interviewing suspects: Practice, science, and future directions

Legal and Criminological Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 39-55

  Kassin, Saul M ^a   Appleby, Sara C ^a   Perillo, Jennifer Torkildson ^a  

^a JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; REVIEW; VIDEOTAPE;

EID: 74749094859     PISSN: 13553259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135532509X449361     Document Type: Review

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