Death Qualification as Systematic Exclusion of Jurors With Certain Religious and Other Characteristics

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3218-3234

  Summers, Alicia ^a   Hayward, R David ^b   Miller, Monica K ^b  

^a National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

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EID: 78650218693     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2010.00698.x     Document Type: Article

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