What really is effective in interviews with suspects? A study comparing interviewing skills against interviewing outcomes

Legal and Criminological Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 305-321

  Walsh, Dave ^a   Bull, Ray ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORGERY; INTERVIEW; OFFENDER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; SOCIAL SECURITY; TRAINING; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77956601638     PISSN: 13553259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135532509X463356     Document Type: Article

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