Probative value of absolute and relative judgments in eyewitness identification

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 364-380

  Clark, Steven E ^a   Erickson, Michael A ^a   Breneman, Jesse ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Eyewitness identification; Memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRIMINAL LAW; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RECALL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RECOGNITION; UNITED STATES;

CRIMINAL LAW; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MENTAL RECALL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); ROC CURVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79961170724     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10979-010-9245-1     Document Type: Article

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