Mock jurors' insanity defense verdict selections: The role of evidence, attitudes, and verdict options

Journal of Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 743-758

  Poulson, Ronald L ^a   Braithwaite, Ronald L ^b   Brondino, Michael J ^c   Wuensch, Karl L ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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