The impact of acquaintance rape stories and case-specific pretrial publicity on juror decision making

Communication Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 100-135

  Mullin, Charles ^a   Imrich, Dorothy J ^a   Linz, Daniel ^a  

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EID: 0030304045     PISSN: 00936502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/009365096023001004     Document Type: Article

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