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Developing a scale to measure the presence of possible prejudicial stereotyping in police interviews with suspects: The Minhas Investigative Interviewing Prejudicial Stereotyping Scale (MIIPSS)

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Pages 132-145 | Received 18 May 2015, Accepted 12 Oct 2016, Published online: 31 Oct 2016

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