Biases in judging victims and suspects whose statements are inconsistent

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 46-48

  Malloy, Lindsay C ^a   Lamb, Michael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Confessions; Juvenile justice; Recantation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LEGAL ASPECT; LITERATURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECUMBENCY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VICTIM;

ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; CRIME VICTIMS; DECEPTION; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; PREJUDICE; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 77949269508     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10979-009-9211-y     Document Type: Article

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