Reactions to Penalties for an Offense in Relation to Authoritarianism, Values, Perceived Responsibility, Perceived Seriousness, and Deservingness

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 571-587

  Feather, N T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; AUTHORITY; CRIME; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLISHING; PUNISHMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; THEFT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; AUTHORITARIANISM; CRIME; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PLAGIARISM; POLITICS; PUNISHMENT; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL VALUES; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; THEFT;

EID: 0030240190     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.71.3.571     Document Type: Article

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