Eyewitness Identification: Probative Value, Criterion Shifts, and Policy Regarding the Sequential Lineup

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 11-16

  Wells, Gary L ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

decision criterion; eyewitness identification; mistaken identification; probative value; sequential lineups

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893631575     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721413504781     Document Type: Article

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