Is it a fight or are they just drunk? Attributions about drunken behaviour in a hypothetical male-to-male aggression scenario

Journal of Scandinavian Studies in Criminology and Crime Prevention

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 61-77

  Tryggvesson, Kalle ^a   Bullock, Sandra L ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aggression; Alcohol; Excuse; Intoxication; Vignette; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646505587     PISSN: 14043858     EISSN: 16512340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14043850500404205     Document Type: Article

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