Paralinguistic and nonverbal triggers of biased credibility assessments of rape victims in dutch police officers: An experimental study of "nonevidentiary" bias

Advances in Psychology and Law: International Contributions

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 163-173

  Baldry, Anna Costanza ^a   Winkel, Frans Willem ^b   Enthoven, Deirdre Suzette ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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DOI: 10.1515/9783110801163     Document Type: Chapter

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