"I hope someone murders your mother!": An exploration of extreme support for the death penalty

Deviant Behavior

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 385-415

  Vandiver, Margaret ^a   Giacopassi, David J ^a   Gathje, Peter R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

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EID: 0036660456     PISSN: 01639625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01639620290086440     Document Type: Article

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