Race and the decision making of juries

Legal and Criminological Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 171-187

  Sommers, Samuel R ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; JURISPRUDENCE; LAW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUNISHMENT; RACE DIFFERENCE; RACISM; REVIEW;

EID: 34548841401     PISSN: 13553259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135532507X189687     Document Type: Review

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