Death penalty attitudes and juror decisions in Australia

Australian Psychologist

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 64-69

  Forsterlee, Lynne ^a   Horowitz, Irwin A ^b   Forsterlee, Robert ^b   King, Karen ^b   Ronlund, Luke ^b  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033446495     PISSN: 00050067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00050069908257427     Document Type: Article

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