Consistency amongst pairs: How consistent are child co-witnesses with one another?

Purpose When multiple children are asked about the same event, the consistency of their reports may be used as a heuristic for credibility. Little research has considered how consistent child co-witnesses are likely to be. In this study, we explored how likely child co-witnesses were to report the s...

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Authors: Deck, Sarah L. (Author) ; Brubacher, Sonja P. (Author) ; Dickinson, Jason J. (Author) ; Powell, Martine B. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
In: Legal and criminological psychology
Year: 2023, Volume: 28, Issue: 2, Pages: 254-265
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Keywords:
Eyewitness memory
Credibility
Consistency

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