Retributive and restorative justice: Importance of crime severity and shared identity in people's justice responses

Australian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 50-57

  Gromet, Dena M ^a   Darley, John M ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime severity; Restoration; Retribution; Shared identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 61349089788     PISSN: 00049530     EISSN: 17429536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049530802607662     Document Type: Article

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