The effect of accent evaluation and evidence on a suspect’s perceived guilt and criminality

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 63-73

  Dixon, John A ^a   Mahoney, Berenice ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WORCESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accent; Guilt; Language attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642436677     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: 19401183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/SOCP.144.1.63-73     Document Type: Article

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