Justice and forgiveness: Experimental evidence for compatibility

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1538-1544

  Strelan, Peter ^a   Feather, N T ^b   McKee, Ian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Experimental design; Forgiveness; Restorative justice; Retributive justice

Indexed keywords

EID: 52749096100     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2008.07.014     Document Type: Article

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