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Hearsay testimony is sometimes admissible in trials where a child is the alleged victim because:

According to the text, legal culture tries to avoid ____, whereas for psychology, _____ is an integral part of the scientific process.

The primary goal of psychological science is to:

According to a study conducted by Honts and colleagues (1994), the use of countermeasures _____ the detection of guilty suspects by 50%, and the examiners _____ able to tell that the suspects were manipulating their own arousal patterns.

Legal realists:

According to the text, the use of anatomically detailed dolls when interviewing children under the age of 6 is likely to _____ the number of false allegations of sexual abuse.

There are several vulnerabilities to making a false confession. The most dangerous vulnerability, according to the text, is:

If the imprint came from a popular type of Adidas sneaker, it reflects _____; if the imprint has a unique pattern of wear and tear, it reflects _____.

Killers that tend to be more impulsive and select victims more randomly are referred to as:

Which of the following forms of forensic identification evidence is the most objective one?