The Roles of Dehumanization and Moral Outrage in Retributive Justice

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Bastian, Brock ^a   Denson, Thomas F ^b   Haslam, Nick ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ANGER; ARTICLE; ASIAN; AUSTRALIA; CAUCASIAN; CHILD ABUSE; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DECISION MAKING; DEHUMANIZATION; DISGUST; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORALITY; MOTIVATION; NEGRO; OFFENDER; PREDICTION; PRISON; PUNISHMENT; RACE DIFFERENCE; RAGE; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CHILD; CRIME; CRIMINAL LAW; ETHICS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGER; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CRIME; CRIMINAL LAW; CRIMINALS; DEHUMANIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALS; MOTIVATION; PUNISHMENT; SOCIAL JUSTICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876555138     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061842     Document Type: Article

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