Gender differences in jurors' perceptions of infanticide involving disabled and non-disabled infant victims

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 127-141

  Bottoms, Bette L ^a   Kalder, Alaine K ^b   Stevenson, Margaret C ^c   Oudekerk, Barbara A ^d   Wiley, Tisha R ^a   Perona, Alison ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^e Deputy Director of Statewide Enforcement   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Child maltreatment; Disability; Infanticide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DISABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISABILITY SEVERITY; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANTICIDE; LEGAL COMPETENCE; LEGAL PROCEDURE; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

CHILD ABUSE; DISABLED CHILDREN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANTICIDE; JUDGMENT; MALE; PUNISHMENT; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 79952618923     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2010.10.004     Document Type: Article

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