A Lie and a Mistress: On Increasing the Believability of Your Alibi

Psychiatry, Psychology and Law

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 733-745

  Nieuwkamp, Ricardo ^a   Horselenberg, Robert ^a   van Koppen, Peter J ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

alibi believability; changed alibis; salaciousness

Indexed keywords

CRIME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY;

EID: 84961211088     PISSN: 13218719     EISSN: 19341687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13218719.2016.1142934     Document Type: Article

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