Understanding Guilty Pleas Through the Lens of Social Science

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  2017

• Venue

  Psychology, Public Policy, and Law

• Publication date

  2017-11-01

• Fields of study

  Political Science, Law, Sociology, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1037/law0000142
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