Venirepersons's attitudes toward the insanity defense: Developing, refining, and validating a scale

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 623-648

  Skeem, Jennifer L ^a   Louden, Jennifer Eno ^a   Evans, Jennee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Insanity defense; Jurors; Venirepersons

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COURT; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUSTICE; LAW; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PREDICTION; PUBLIC OPINION; RATING SCALE; VALIDATION PROCESS; DECISION MAKING; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; JURISPRUDENCE; LEGAL ASPECT; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ATTITUDE; DECISION MAKING; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSANITY DEFENSE; JUDGMENT; JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

EID: 15744366138     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10979-004-0487-7     Document Type: Article

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