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The psychology of telling murder stories: do we think in scripts, exemplars, or prototypes?†

  1. Richard L. Wiener Ph.D., M.L.S.‡,*,
  2. Tracey L. Richmond M.S.§,
  3. Hope M. Seib M.S.,
  4. Shannon M. Rauch M.S.‖,
  5. Amy A. Hackney M.S.††

Article first published online: 18 APR 2002

DOI: 10.1002/bsl.476

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Behavioral Sciences & the Law

Behavioral Sciences & the Law

Special Issue: Current Directions

Volume 20, Issue 1-2, pages 119–139, January - April 2002

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Wiener, R. L., Richmond, T. L., Seib, H. M., Rauch, S. M. and Hackney, A. A. (2002), The psychology of telling murder stories: do we think in scripts, exemplars, or prototypes?. Behav. Sci. Law, 20: 119–139. doi: 10.1002/bsl.476

Author Information

  1. Department of Psychology, Baruch College, City University of New York, 1 Bernard Baruch Way, 8-215, New York, NY 10010, U.S.A.

  1. ‡

    Dr Wiener is chair and professor of psychology, Baruch and Brooklyn Colleges, City University of New York.

  2. §

    Tracey Richmond, Hope Seib, Shannon Rauch, and Amy A. Hackney are graduate students at St. Louis University.

  3. Tracey Richmond, Hope Seib, Shannon Rauch, and Amy A. Hackney are graduate students at St. Louis University.

  4. ‖

    Tracey Richmond, Hope Seib, Shannon Rauch, and Amy A. Hackney are graduate students at St. Louis University.

  5. ††

    Tracey Richmond, Hope Seib, Shannon Rauch, and Amy A. Hackney are graduate students at St. Louis University.

*Department of Psychology, Baruch College, City University of New York, 1 Bernard Baruch Way, 8-215, New York, NY 10010, U.S.A.

  1. †

    This research was supported by grant No. SBR 9515451 from the National Science Foundation. The authors thank Linda E. Hurt, Brenda Russell, and Patricia Pound for their help in collecting and collating the data reported in this manuscript.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 18 APR 2002
  2. Article first published online: 18 APR 2002
  3. Manuscript Revised: 20 JUN 2001
  4. Manuscript Accepted: 20 JUN 2001
  5. Manuscript Received: 14 FEB 2001

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  • National Science Foundation. Grant Number: SBR 9515451

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