Alibis in criminal investigations and trials

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

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 157-174

  Burke, Tara M ^a   Turtle, John W ^a   Olson, Elizabeth A ^b  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315086309-6     Document Type: Chapter

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