Socioeconomic status and belief in a just world: Sentencing of criminal defendants

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2379-2394

  Freeman, Naomi J ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 33748766336     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-9029.2006.00108.x     Document Type: Article

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