Complex scientific testimony: How do jurors make decisions?

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 379-394

  Cooper, Joel ^a   Bennett, Elizabeth A ^a   Sukel, Holly L ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAW SUIT; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCIENCE; WITNESS;

EID: 0029793839     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01498976     Document Type: Article

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