A concept in search of a definition: The effects of reasonable doubt instructions on certainty of guilt standards and jury verdicts

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 655-670

  Horowitz, Irwin A ^a   Kirkpatrick, Laird C ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Oregon School of Law   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMAN; LAW SUIT; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SELF REPORT; STANDARD;

EID: 0030466458     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01499236     Document Type: Article

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