Knowledge about eyewitness testimony: a survey of Indonesian police officers and psychologists

Faulty eyewitness testimony can be a notorious source of mistakes in the legal system potentially leading to wrongful convictions and miscarriages of justice. The current study examined the knowledge of a sample of police officers (n = 270) and psychologists (n = 63) in Indonesia regarding factors k...

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Authors: Sumampouw, Nathanael (Author) ; Bjørndal, Ludvig Daae (Author) ; Magnussen, Svein 1942- (Author) ; Otgaar, Henry (Author) ; Brennen, Tim (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2022
In: Psychology, crime & law
Year: 2022, Volume: 28, Issue: 8, Pages: 763-777
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Indonesia
Children
Eyewitness testimony
Psychologists
Police

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