The effect of jury deliberations on jurors' reasoning skills

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 557-575

  McCoy, Monica L ^a   Nunez, Narina ^b   Dammeyer, Matthew M ^c  

^a Department of Psychology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; RELIABILITY; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0032857958     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022348229558     Document Type: Article

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