He-said–she-said: contrast effects in credibility assessments and possible threats to fundamental principles of criminal law

Purpose. Some criminal trials turn on evaluations of credibility of the complainant and the accused. When credibility is based on how a witness testifies, an evaluation of one party should not influence an evaluation of the other party. If credibility evaluations are bidirectional, fundamental princ...

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VerfasserInnen: Connolly, Deborah A. (Verfasst von) ; Gordon, Heidi M. (Verfasst von)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2011
In: Legal and criminological psychology
Jahr: 2011, Band: 16, Heft: 2, Seiten: 227-241
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