The impact of neuroimages in the sentencing phase of capital trials

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 105-131

  Saks, Michael J ^a   Schweitzer, N J ^b   Aharoni, Eyal ^c,d   Kiehl, Kent A ^c  

^a Department of South Texas   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

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EID: 84892637119     PISSN: 17401453     EISSN: 17401461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jels.12036     Document Type: Article

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