Predicting crime story salience: The effects of crime, victim, and defendant characteristics

Journal of Criminal Justice

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 61-70

  Chermak, Steven ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031604984     PISSN: 00472352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2352(97)00055-X     Document Type: Article

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