Terror management in the courtroom exploring the effects of mortality salience on legal decision making

Psychology, Public Policy, and Law

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 407-438

  Arndt, Jamie ^a   Cook, Alison ^a   Lieberman, Joel D ^b   Solomon, Sheldon ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Jury decision making; Legal decisions and bias; Psychology and law; Terror management

Indexed keywords

EID: 27344460614     PISSN: 10768971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1076-8971.11.3.407     Document Type: Review

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