Altruism Behind Bars: Sharing, Justice, Perspective Taking and Empathy Among Inmates

Social Justice Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 61-78

  Gummerum, Michaela ^a   Hanoch, Yaniv ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Altruism; Belief in a just world; Empathy; Inmates; Perspective taking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858749133     PISSN: 08857466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11211-012-0149-8     Document Type: Article

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