Person description and identification by child witnesses

The Handbook of Eyewitness Psychology: Volume II: Memory for People

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 283-307

  Pozzulo, Joanna D ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203936368-19     Document Type: Chapter

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