Gender effects on individual verdicts and on mock jury verdicts in a simulated acquaintance rape trial

Sex Roles

Volumn 36, Issue 7-8, 1997, Pages 491-501

  Fischer, Gloria J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031476540     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02766686     Document Type: Article

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