The impact of racial slurs and racism on the perceptions and punishment of violent crime

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 685-701

  Saucier, Donald A ^a   Hockett, Jericho M ^a   Wallenberg, Andrew S ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Hate crimes; Racism; Violent crime

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HATE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUNISHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HATE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PREJUDICE; PUNISHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RACE RELATIONS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 41549148703     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260507313774     Document Type: Article

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