Eyewitness Identification

Applying Psychology to Criminal Justice

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 21-38

  Fisher, Ronald P ^a   Reardon, Margaret C ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Criminal justice system; Eyewitness identification; Police and criminal evidence; Research psychologists

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951921119     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470713068.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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