JURORS' DISCUSSIONS OF A DEFENDANT'S HISTORY OF CHILD ABUSE AND ALCOHOL ABUSE IN CAPITAL SENTENCING DELIBERATIONS

Psychology, Public Policy, and Law

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-38

  Stevenson, Margaret C ^a   Bottoms, Bette L ^b   Diamond, Shari S S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW   (United States)

Author keywords

alcohol abuse; capital punishment; child abuse; jury deliberations; mitigation

Indexed keywords

EID: 75849148891     PISSN: 10768971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018404     Document Type: Article

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