Uniforms affect the accuracy of children's eyewitness identification decisions

Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 59-73

  Lowenstein, Joseph A ^a   Blank, Hartmut ^a   Sauer, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Eyewitness identification; Line ups; Social influence

Indexed keywords

EID: 74949095524     PISSN: 15444759     EISSN: 15444767     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jip.104     Document Type: Article

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