The effect of race on decisions by judges and other officers of the court

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 1190-1212

  Foley, Linda A ^a   Adams, Afesa M ^b   Goodson Jr , James L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030176897     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1996.tb02292.x     Document Type: Article

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