"Race salience" in juror decision-making: Misconceptions, clarifications, and unanswered questions

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 599-609

  Sommers, Samuel R ^a   Ellsworth, Phoebe C ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DECISION MAKING; LEGAL LIABILITY; LEGAL PROCEDURE; PUNISHMENT; RACISM;

CRIMINAL LAW; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 70349378269     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: 10990798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.877     Document Type: Article

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