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Eyewitness Identification: Psychological Aspects

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Law Library - American Law and Legal InformationCrime and Criminal LawEyewitness Identification: Psychological Aspects - The Three Distinct Phases Of Memory, The Distinction Between Estimator Variables And System Variables, Procedures For Lineups