Race in the courtroom: Perceptions of guilt and dispositional attributions

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1367-1379

  Sommers, Samuel R ^a   Ellsworth, Phoebe C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0034348166     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167200263005     Document Type: Article

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