Expert evidence pertaining to battered women: The impact of gender of expert and timing of testimony

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-31

  Schuller, Regina A ^a   Cripps, Janice ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURT; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DECISION MAKING; EXPERT WITNESS; FEMALE; GENDER; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SIMULATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BATTERED WOMEN; CANADA; EXPERT TESTIMONY; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; STEREOTYPING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031892830     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025772604721     Document Type: Article

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