Explaining gender differences in jurors' reactions to child sexual assault cases

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 789-812

  Bottoms, Bette L ^a   Peter Hagene, Liana C ^a   Stevenson, Margaret C ^a,b   Wiley, Tisha R A ^a   Mitchell, Tracey Schneider ^c   Goodman, Gail S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CRIMINAL LAW; DECISION MAKING; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRIMINAL LAW; DECISION MAKING; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925339917     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: 10990798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.2147     Document Type: Article

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