The Impact of Illegal Alibi Activities, Corroborator Involvement and Corroborator Certainty on Mock Juror Perceptions

Psychiatry, Psychology and Law

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 191-204

  Allison, Meredith ^a   Jung, Sandy ^b   Sweeney, Laura ^a   Culhane, Scott E ^c  

^a ELON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MACEWAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

alibi believability; criminal defendants; jury decision making

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879594847     PISSN: 13218719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13218719.2013.803275     Document Type: Article

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