Defendant remorse, need for affect, and juror sentencing decisions

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 41-49

  Corwin, Emily P ^a   Cramer, Robert J ^b   Griffin, Desiree A ^c   Brodsky, Stanley L ^d  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Southern Virginia Mental Health Institute   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CRIMINAL LAW; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; EMPATHY; EXPERT WITNESS; FEMALE; GUILT; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUNISHMENT; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AWARENESS; CAPITAL PUNISHMENT; CRIMINAL LAW; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; EXPERT TESTIMONY; FEMALE; GUILT; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PRISONERS; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862198050     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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