Alibi believability: The impact of salacious alibi activities

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 605-612

  Allison, Meredith ^a   Mathews, Kyla R ^a,b   Michael, Stephen W ^a,c  

^a ELON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alibi believability; Juror perception; Salacious alibi; Strength of evidence; Suspect character

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930482275     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2012.40.4.605     Document Type: Article

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