The effect of gender in the perception of elder physical abuse in court

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 605-614

  Golding, Jonathan M ^a   Yozwiak, John A ^b   Kinstle, Terri L ^c   Marsil, Dorothy F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Kennesaw State University ^*

^d KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elder abuse; Gender differences; Juror perceptions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; ATTITUDE; COURT; CRIME; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LAW SUIT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; AGED; LEGAL ASPECT; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; POLICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE; ELDER ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLICE; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SEX FACTORS; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644840933     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10979-005-6831-8     Document Type: Article

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