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The ‘elasticity’ of criminal evidence: a moderator of investigator bias

✍ Scribed by Karl Ask; Anna Rebelius; Pär Anders Granhag

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2008
Tongue
English
Weight
131 KB
Volume
22
Category
Article
ISSN
0888-4080

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