Tough-mindedness and fair play: Personality traits as predictors of attitudes toward the death penalty - An exploratory gendered study

Punishment and Society

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 203-222

  Robbers, Monica ^a  

^a MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital punishment; Gender; Personality traits; Public opinion

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644869786     PISSN: 14624745     EISSN: 17413095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1462474506062104     Document Type: Article

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