A comparison of retained and appointed counsel in cases of capital murder

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 525-538

  Beck, James C ^a,d   Shumsky, Robert ^b,c  

^a Cambridge Court Clinic ^*  (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^d CAMBRIDGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRIMINAL LAW; HOMICIDE; PUNISHMENT; SOCIAL CLASS;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CAPITAL PUNISHMENT; CRIMINAL LAW; GEORGIA; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; ODDS RATIO;

EID: 0030827442     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024827807469     Document Type: Article

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