Elasticity in evaluations of criminal evidence: exploring the role of cognitive dissonance
Purpose. Previous experiments have demonstrated asymmetrical scepticism in investigators' judgments of criminal evidence - evidence inconsistent (vs. consistent) with the dominant hypothesis about a case is judged as less reliable. In addition, some types of evidence (e.g., witness testimony) a...
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| Language: | English |
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2011
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Legal and criminological psychology
Year: 2011, Volume: 16, Issue: 2, Pages: 289-306 |
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