TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1993//
TI  - Battered women who kill: Jury simulation and legal defenses
JO  - Law and human behavior
A1  - Kasian, Marilyn
A1  - Spanos, Nicholas P.
A1  - Terrance, Cheryl A.
A1  - Peebles, Suzanne
SP  - 289
EP  - 312
VL  - 17
IS  - 3
N2  - Assessed acquittal rates using mock jurors in cases involving a battered woman charged with killing her husband. 606 undergraduate psychology students (17-70 yrs) participated in 2 experiments. The simulated trial format was based on actual courtroom proceedings including witness cross-examinations and jury deliberations. The type of plea entered was varied and reflected either self-defense (SD), automatism, or a hypothetical plea of psychological SD. The severity of abuse incurred by the defendant was also varied along with expert testimony. Expert witness testimony was observed to influence verdicts during juror deliberations. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)<p /> 
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SN  - 0147-7307
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01044510
ID  - ref1
ER  -