An examination of criminal face bias in a random sample of police lineups

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 265-273

  Flowe, Heather D ^a   Humphries, Joyce E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FACIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OFFENDER; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT;

EID: 79953059416     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1673     Document Type: Article

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