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Justice versus vengeance : motives underlying punitive judgements

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posted on 2017-12-06, 00:00 authored by Robert Ho, N Crofts, Lynne Forsterlee, Robert Forsterlee
The present study was designed to address the question of whether justice and vengeance motives can be differentiated and clearly delineated within the judicial process. The study used a multi-stage approach in the development of the Justice-Vengeance Scale. Exploratory factor analysis (102 males, 118 females) and confirmatory factor analysis (123 males, 200 females) yielded a four-factor multi-dimensional measure that differentiates between attitudes toward justice and vengeance, as well as between different dimensions underlying these motives (vengeance-sentence, vengeance-emotion, justice-fairness, justice-legal). The implications and utility of the Justice-Vengeance scale in future research are discussed.

Funding

Category 1 - Australian Competitive Grants (this includes ARC, NHMRC)

History

Volume

33

Issue

3

Start Page

365

End Page

377

Number of Pages

13

ISSN

1873-3549

Location

UK

Publisher

Elsevier Science Ltd.

Language

en-aus

Peer Reviewed

  • Yes

Open Access

  • No

External Author Affiliations

Faculty of Arts, Health and Sciences;

Era Eligible

  • No

Journal

Personality and individual differences.