Saving damsels, sentencing deviants and selective chivalry decisions: juror decision-making in an ambiguous assault case
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عنوان ژورنال: Psychiatry, Psychology and Law
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1321-8719,1934-1687
DOI: 10.1080/13218719.2018.1474817