Stereotypical and counterstereotypical defendants: Who is he and what was the ase against her?

Psychology, Public Policy, and Law

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 343-354

  McKimmie, Blake M ^a   Masters, Jane M ^a   Masser, Barbara M ^a   Schuller, Regina A ^b   Terry, Deborah J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention; Defendant gender; Evidence strength; Jury decision making; Stereotypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84912552685     PISSN: 10768971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030505     Document Type: Article

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