The impact of elements of self-defense and objective versus subjective instructions on jurors' verdicts for battered women defendants

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 729-747

  Follingstad, Diane R ^a   Shillinglaw, Regina D ^a   DeHart, Dana D ^a   Kleinfelter, Kathryn J ^a  

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EID: 0031502038     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/088626097012005008     Document Type: Article

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