The effect of gender in the courtroom

Forensic Psychology: Concepts, Debates and Practice: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 95-122

  McKimmie, Blake M ^a   Masser, Barbara M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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