Jurors' reactions to recanted confessions: Do the defendant's personal and dispositional characteristics play a role?

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 565-578

  Henkel, Linda A ^a  

^a FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Confession; False confession; Juror decision making; Mentally ill offenders; Stereotypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 56549088115     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: 14772744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10683160801995247     Document Type: Article

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