Belief in a just world, blaming the victim, and hate crime statutes

Review of Law and Economics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Dharmapala, Dhammika ^a   Garoupa, Nuno ^b   McAdams, Richard H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 67650503736     PISSN: 15555879     EISSN: 15555879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1555-5879.1276     Document Type: Article

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