The influence of emphathy in mock jury criminal cases: Adding to the effect control model

Western Criminology Review

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 55-67

  Tsoudis, Olga ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect control; Criminal identity; Emotion; Emphathy; Legal decisions; Mock jurors

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042801960     PISSN: 10964886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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