Interview protocols to improve eyewitness memory

The Handbook of Eyewitness Psychology: Volume I: Memory for Events

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 53-80

  Fisher, Ronald P ^a   Schreiber, Nadja ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315086309-3     Document Type: Chapter

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