A quantitative review of the guilty knowledge test

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 674-683

  MacLaren, Vance V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CRIME; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GUILT; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; CRIME; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; LIE DETECTION; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 85047684993     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.86.4.674     Document Type: Review

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