Written vs. Spoken Eyewitness Accounts: Does Modality of Testing Matter?

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 846-857

  Sauerland, Melanie ^a   Sporer, Siegfried L ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRIMINAL LAW; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPEECH; STANDARD; VIDEORECORDING; WRITING;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; CRIMINAL LAW; DISCLOSURE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPEECH; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; WRITING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81355148518     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: 10990798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.1013     Document Type: Article

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