The effects of ethnicity, SES, and crime status on juror decision making: A cross-cultural examination of Euopean American and Mexican American Mock Jurors

Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 181-199

  Esqueda, Cynthia Willis ^a   Espinoza, Russ K E ^b   Culhane, Scott E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime status; Defendant's socioeconomic status; Ethnicity; Euro American jurors; Juror decision making; Legal process; Mexican American jurors

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149148666     PISSN: 07399863     EISSN: 15526364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0739986308315319     Document Type: Article

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