Racism in rape trials

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 142, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 667-669

  Landwehr, Patricia Hebert ^a   Bothwell, Robert K ^a   Jeanmard, Matthew ^a   Luque, Luis R ^a   Brown, Roy L ^a   Breaux, Marie Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; DECISION MAKING; GUILT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEGAL ASPECT; RAPE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; DECISION MAKING; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GUILT; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; PREJUDICE; RAPE; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0036777940     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: 19401183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224540209603926     Document Type: Article

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