Perceptual Biases and Mock Juror Decision Making: Minority Religions in Court

Social Justice Research

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 409-419

  Pfeifer, Jeffrey E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Courts; Cults; Mock juries; New religions; Satanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038733539     PISSN: 08857466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022029427393     Document Type: Article

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