After 30 years, what do we know about what jurors know? A meta-analytic review of lay knowledge regarding eyewitness factors

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 200-210

  Desmarais, Sarah L ^a   Don Read, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eyewitness variables; Juror knowledge; Meta analysis; Survey

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; JURISPRUDENCE; KNOWLEDGE; META ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; VISION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; JURISPRUDENCE; KNOWLEDGE; MENTAL RECALL; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79955623430     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10979-010-9232-6     Document Type: Review

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