Why we punish in the name of justice: Just desert versus value restoration and the role of social identity

Social Justice Research

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 450-470

  Wenzel, Michael ^a   Thielmann, Ines ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Just desert; Power; Punishment; Restorative justice; Retributive justice; Social identity; Status; Values

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846820035     PISSN: 08857466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11211-006-0028-2     Document Type: Article

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