The effects of deliberations and religious identity on mock jurors' verdicts

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 517-532

  Miller, Monica K ^a   Maskaly, Jonathan ^b   Green, Morgan ^a   Peoples, Clayton D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

crime stereotype; deliberation effects; jury bias; leniency effect; religion

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958752742     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: 14617188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430210377458     Document Type: Article

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