The influence of nondiagnostic information and victim stereotypes on perceptions of guilt

Western Criminology Review

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 90-105

  Rempala, Daniel M ^a   Geers, Andrew L ^b  

^a University of Hawaii Leeward Community College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Assault trials; Nondiagnostic information; Victim stereotypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 81555213028     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10964886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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