Rodney King and O.J. Revisited: The impact of race and defendant empathy induction on judicial decisions

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1208-1223

  Johnson, James D ^a   Simmons, Carolyn H ^a   Jordav, Amanda ^a   Maclean, Leslie ^a   Taddei, Jeffrey ^a   Thomas, Duane ^a   Dovidio, John F ^b   Reed, William ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

^c ALBANY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0036624725     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2002.tb01432.x     Document Type: Article

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