Causal attributions in sexual assault trial judgments

Journal of Language and Social Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 278-298

  Coates, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

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EID: 0031215290     PISSN: 0261927X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0261927x970163002     Document Type: Article

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