Evil is more than banal: Situationism and the concept of evil

Personality and Social Psychology Review

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 246-253

  Berkowitz, Leonard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 0033247518     PISSN: 10888683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327957pspr0303_7     Document Type: Review

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