Individual differences in interrogative suggestibility: Life adversity and field dependence

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 677-687

  Drakea, Kim ^a   Bull, Ray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

False confession; Gudjonsson suggestibility scale; Individual differences; Interrogative suggestibility; Police interrogation

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052522717     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: 14772744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10683160903511967     Document Type: Article

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