Expressions of modern racism in judgments of others: The role of task and target specificity on attributions of guilt

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 749-766

  Pfeifer, Jeffrey E ^a,c   Bernstein, Daniel J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attributions; Courts; Decision making; Jery; Racism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346041549     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2003.31.8.749     Document Type: Article

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