Crime victims serving as jurors: Is there bias present?

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 649-659

  Culhane, Scott E ^a   Hosch, Harmon M ^a   Weaver, William G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Challanges; Crime victims; Juror bias; Jurors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COURT; CRIME; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LAW; VICTIM; VIDEOTAPE; VIOLENCE; ATTITUDE; CRIMINAL LAW; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEGAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TIME; VALIDATION STUDY;

ATTITUDE; CRIME VICTIMS; CRIMINAL LAW; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; PREJUDICE; TIME FACTORS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 15644384592     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10979-004-0792-1     Document Type: Article

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