Death qualification and prejudice: The effect of implicit racism, sexism, and homophobia on capital defendants' right to due process

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 857-867

  Butler, Brooke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOMOPHOBIA; HUMAN; MALE; PUNISHMENT; RACISM; SEXISM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CAPITAL PUNISHMENT; CIVIL RIGHTS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL VALUES; WOMEN;

EID: 38349078280     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: 10990798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.791     Document Type: Article

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