Effects of defendant sexual orientation on jurors' perceptions of child sexual assault

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 46-60

  Wiley, Tisha R A ^a   Bottoms, Bette L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Child sexual abuse; Emotion; Gender; Homosexual; Juror decision making; Moral outrage; Sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORALS; PREJUDICE; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 58849100927     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10979-008-9131-2     Document Type: Article

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