Keller, Livia B.; Oswald, Margit E.; Stucki, Ingrid; Gollwitzer, Mario (2010). A closer look at an eye for an eye: Laypersons'punishment decisions are primarily driven by retributive motives. Social Justice Research, 23(2-3), pp. 99-116. New York, N.Y.: Plenum Press 10.1007/s11211-010-0113-4
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According to recent research on laypersons’ punitive attitudes people’s sentencing decisions are primarily driven by a desire for retribution. The research designed to test this notion, however, can be criticized for suffering from several limitations. Three online-based studies were conducted with samples from Western Europe with the aim of replicating the findings of Carlsmith (J Exp Soc Psychol 42:437–451, 2006) in which participants’ punishment motives were inferred from their behavior in a process tracing task. In the present research, this approach was adopted and modified in order to provide a more conservative test for the notion that people mainly care about retribution. Although these modifications strongly influenced the overall pattern of results, retribution still was the most important punishment motive in all three studies.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Psychology > Social Neuroscience and Social Psychology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Oswald, Margit |
ISSN: |
0885-7466 |
Publisher: |
Plenum Press |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Factscience Import |
Date Deposited: |
04 Oct 2013 14:15 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:03 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1007/s11211-010-0113-4 |
Web of Science ID: |
000280947800001 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/4127 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/4127 (FactScience: 208274) |
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