The law and information processing: Implications for verdicts in rape cases

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 1961-1977

  Allison, Julie A ^a  

^a PITTSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030590659     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1996.tb01782.x     Document Type: Article

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