The impact of defendant gender and relationship to victim on juror decisions in a child sexual abuse case

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1578-1593

  McCoy, Monica L ^a   Gray, Jennifer M ^b  

^a Department of Psychology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

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EID: 34250849092     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2007.00228.x     Document Type: Article

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