Effects of necessary, sufficient, and indirect causation on judgments of criminal liability

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 429-451

  Greene, Erich J ^a   Darley, John M ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRIME; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LEGAL LIABILITY; OFFENDER; PUNISHMENT;

EID: 0031825029     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025723010408     Document Type: Article

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