Factors impacting juror perceptions of battered women who kill their abusers: Delay and sleeping status

Psychology, Public Policy, and Law

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 338-359

  Hodell, Emily C ^a   Dunlap, Emily E ^b   Wasarhaley, Nesa E ^b   Golding, Jonathan M ^b  

^a WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjudication; Battered females; Domestic violence; Homicide; Juries; Time delay; Victim sleeping status

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874581193     PISSN: 10768971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025145     Document Type: Article

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