The many guises of victim impact evidence and effects on jurors' judgments

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 331-348

  Greene, Edith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 0033454150     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10683169908401776     Document Type: Article

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