The psychology of trial judging

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 58-62

  Vidmar, Neil ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cognitive errors; judges; procedural justice; sentencing

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952091708     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721410397283     Document Type: Review

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