Effects of weapons on guilt judgments and sentencing recommendations for criminals

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 93-102

  Dienstbier, Richard A ^a   Roesch, Scott C ^a   Mizumoto, Ayumi ^a   Hemenover, S H ^a   Lott, Roger C ^a   Carlo, Gustavo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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EID: 0032360829     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324834basp2002_1     Document Type: Article

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