Accuracy in Detecting High Stakes
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Author(s): Clea Wright Whelan ; Graham Wagstaff ; Jacqueline M Wheatcroft Title: High stakes lies: Police and non-police accuracy in detecting deception Date: 2015. Appeared online 26 June 2014 Originally published in: Psychology, Crime and Law Example citation: Wright Whelan, C., Wagstaff, G., & Wheatcroft, J. M. (2015). High stakes lies: Police and non-police accuracy in detecting deception. Psychology, Crime and Law, 21(2), 127-138. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1068316X.2014.935777
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