'But can you prove it?' - examining the quality of innocent suspects' alibis

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 453-471

  Olson, Elizabeth A ^a   Charman, Steve D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

alibi; alibi generation; alibi witness; autobiographical memory; corroborator

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861642090     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: 14772744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1068316X.2010.505567     Document Type: Article

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