WHEN BATTERED PERSONS KILL: THE IMPACT OF GENDER STEREOTYPES ON MOCK JUROR PERCEPTIONS
The present experiment investigated the role of gender stereotypes in cases in which a battered person kills his or her abuser. Regression analysis revealed an overall gender bias such that mock jurors were more likely to convict a man defendant who had killed his abusive wife than they were when a...
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UKnowledge
2010
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| Online Access: | http://uknowledge.uky.edu/gradschool_diss/21 http://uknowledge.uky.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1020&context=gradschool_diss |