The impact of disrespect on prisoners' aggression: Outcomes of experimentally inducing violence-supportive cognitions

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 15, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 235-250

  Butler, Michelle ^a   Maruna, Shadd ^b  

^a National Crime Council   (Ireland)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggression; Cognition; Hostile attribution bias; Justifications and excuses

Indexed keywords

EID: 69749084993     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: 14772744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10683160802190970     Document Type: Article

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