Legal Professionals Use an Implicit Checklist to Assess Expert Witness Credibility
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Institutions
- Middlesex University Mauritius (MU)
- Middlesex University London (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Behavioral Sciences & the Law
- Published
- 2026-08-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/bsl.70089
- Primary Topic
- Deception detection and forensic psychology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00