Jurors' perceptions of child victim-witnesses in a simulated sexual abuse trial

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 581-606

  Schmidt, Casey W ^a   Brigham, John C ^a,b  

^a Florida State University ^*  (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAW SUIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; RATING SCALE; SEXUAL ABUSE; SIMULATION; VICTIM; WITNESS;

EID: 0030469526     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01499233     Document Type: Article

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