Reducing the biasing effects of judges' nonverbal behavior with simplified jury instruction

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 590-598

  Halverson, Andrea M ^a   Hart, Allen J ^c   Hallahan, Mark ^c   Rosenthal, Robert ^b  

^a Carmichael Lynch   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 0039378253     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.82.4.590     Document Type: Article

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