Identification on the street: a field comparison of police street identifications and video line-ups in England

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 9-27

  Davis, Josh P ^a   Valentine, Tim ^b   Memon, Amina ^c   Roberts, Andrew J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

evidence; eyewitness identification; face recognition; line up; show up

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908480375     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: 14772744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1068316X.2014.915322     Document Type: Article

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