The influence of pretrial exposure to community outrage and victim hardship on guilt judgments

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 435-454

  Zimmerman, David ^a   Rodriguez, Dario ^b   Bergold, Amanda ^c   Penrod, Steven ^c  

^a MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^c JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

decision making; juror decision making; Jury; pretrial juror bias; public opinion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84951279865     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: 14772744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1068316X.2015.1120870     Document Type: Article

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