Assessing the "evolving standards of decency:" Perceptions of capital punishment for juveniles

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 157-178

  Kalbeitzer, Rachel ^b   Sevin Goldstein, Naomi E ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUSTICE; JUVENILE; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LAW; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PERCEPTION; PRISON; PUBLIC OPINION; PUNISHMENT; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CAPITAL PUNISHMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MID-ATLANTIC REGION; MINORS; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646248631     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: 10990798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.685     Document Type: Article

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