Eyewitness identification evidence and innocence risk
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Eyewitness Identification
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عنوان ژورنال: Psychonomic Bulletin & Review
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1069-9384,1531-5320
DOI: 10.3758/pbr.16.1.22