Reinforcing stereotypes: How the focus on forensic cases in news reporting may influence public attitudes towards the mentally ill
- 1 July 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in International Journal of Law and Psychiatry
- Vol. 24 (4-5) , 469-486
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0160-2527(01)00079-6
Abstract
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