Retributive justice and social categorizations: The perceived fairness of punishment depends on intergroup status

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1244-1255

  Van Prooijen, Jan Willem ^a   Lam, Jerôme ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 36749011404     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.421     Document Type: Review

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