Limitations of the concealed information test in criminal cases

Memory Detection: Theory and Application of the Concealed Information Test

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 151-170

  Krapohl, Donald J ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 84863992984     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511975196.009     Document Type: Chapter

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