Assessing the impact of affective and cognitive information in predicting attitudes toward capital punishment

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 323-395

  Haddock, Geoffrey ^a   Zanna, Mark P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COGNITION; CRIME; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; POLICY; PUNISHMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIETY;

EID: 0031802284     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1025758623612     Document Type: Article

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