Does post-identification feedback affect evaluations of eyewitness testimony and identification procedures?

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 282-294

  Douglass, Amy Bradfield ^a   Neuschatz, Jeffrey S ^b   Imrich, Jennifer ^a   Wilkinson, Miranda ^b  

^a BATES COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Eyewitness memory; Post identification feedback; Testimony

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRIMINAL LAW; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; RECALL; VIDEORECORDING;

CRIMINAL LAW; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 77955516400     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10979-009-9189-5     Document Type: Article

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