Dangerous decisions: The impact of first impressions of trustworthiness on the evaluation of legal evidence and defendant culpability

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 477-491

  Porter, Stephen ^a   ten Brinke, Leanne ^a   Gustaw, Chantal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bias; Credibility assessment; Facial trustworthiness; Intuition; Legal decision making

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954302360     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: 14772744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10683160902926141     Document Type: Article

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