Racial bias in juridic judgment at private and public levels

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2134-2149

  Bothwell, Robert K ^a   Foley, Linda A ^b   Pigott, Melissa A ^c   McFatter, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Magnus Research Consultants Inc   (United States)

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EID: 33746907411     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-9029.2006.00098.x     Document Type: Article

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