Punitive reactions to completed crimes versus accidentally uncompleted crimes

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 718-731

  Oswald, Margit E ^a   Orth, Ulrich ^a   Aeberhard, Marianne ^a   Schneider, Eliane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

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EID: 23244445371     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2005.tb02143.x     Document Type: Review

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