Age/Cohort Differences in Judgments about Criminal Transgressions

Journal of Adult Development

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 127-135

  Rankin, J L ^a  

^a DRAKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult age differences; Attributions; Postformal operations; Prejudice; Stereotyping

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034393805     PISSN: 10680667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009583928722     Document Type: Article

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