Memory-Enhancing Techniques for Interviewing Crime Suspects

Offenders' Memories of Violent Crimes

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 329-354

  Fisher, Ronald P ^a   Perez, Valerie ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Valerie Perez   (United States)

Author keywords

Confessions; Crime suspects; Deception; Interviewing techniques; Memory enhancing techniques

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952083197     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470713082.ch14     Document Type: Chapter

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