Results from experimental trials testing participant responses to White, Hispanic and Black suspects in high-fidelity deadly force judgment and decision-making simulations

Journal of Experimental Criminology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 189-212

  James, Lois ^a   Vila, Bryan ^a   Daratha, Kenn ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Police; Suspect ethnicity; Suspect race

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878108626     PISSN: 15733750     EISSN: 15728315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11292-012-9163-y     Document Type: Article

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