Construing motive in videotaped killings: The role of jurors' attitudes toward the death penalty

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 257-271

  Goodman Delahunty, Jane ^a   Greene, Edith ^b   Hsiao, Winston ^c  

^a Equal Employment Opportunity Commn ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COURT; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PUNISHMENT; RECALL; RESPONSIBILITY; VIDEOTAPE;

EID: 0031781691     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025750321795     Document Type: Article

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