Effects of judicial instructions and case characteristics in a mock jury trial of battered women who kill

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 207-229

  Terrance, Cheryl A ^a   Matheson, Kimberly ^a   Spanos, Nicholas P ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; HOMICIDE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CRIME VICTIMS; CRIMINAL LAW; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MALE; SPOUSE ABUSE;

EID: 0034058334     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005411003414     Document Type: Article

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