The effect of defendant facial expression on mock juror decision-making: The power of remorse

North American Journal of Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 323-332

  MacLin, M Kimberly ^a   Downs, Corynn ^a   MacLin, Otto H ^a   Caspers, Heather M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

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