The effects of motive information and crime unusualness on jurors' judgments in insanity cases

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 571-584

  Pickel, Kerri L ^a  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; DECISION MAKING; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; PROBABILITY; PSYCHIATRY; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0031729502     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025791530881     Document Type: Article

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