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Why We Punish in the Name of Justice: Just Desert versus Value Restoration and the Role of Social Identity

verfasst von: Michael Wenzel, Ines Thielmann

Erschienen in: Social Justice Research | Ausgabe 4/2006

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Abstract

Two different notions of justice might motivate people to demand punishment of an offender. The offense could be seen as lowering the victim’s and community’s status/power position relative to the offender, requiring a degradation of the offender to restore a moral balance (just desert). Or, the offense could be seen as questioning community values, requiring a reaffirmation of those values through social consensus (value restoration). Two studies referring to tax evasion and social welfare fraud yielded supportive evidence. Just desert was related to traditional punishment, especially when participants did not identify with a relevant inclusive community (Australians). Value restoration was related to alternative (restorative) punishment, especially when community values were regarded as diverse and requiring consensualization. It tended to be related to traditional punishment when community values were regarded as clear and consensual.

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Note that some social psychologists occasionally refer to restorative justice as aiming “to restore the status quo and to compensate those who have been harmed” (Schroeder et al., 2003; p. 382). The concept of restorative justice as developed in criminology and law in recent decades and as understood in the present paper goes beyond such a notion of “compensatory justice” (see Darley and Pittman, 2003). Compensations can be part of traditional law proceedings, but here they are unilaterally imposed. Essential for our understanding of restorative justice is a process of the affected parties getting together and jointly determining any measures, including compensation or punishment, deemed necessary to restore a sense of justice.

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Titel: Why We Punish in the Name of Justice: Just Desert versus Value Restoration and the Role of Social Identity
verfasst von: Michael Wenzel
Ines Thielmann
Publikationsdatum: 01.12.2006
Verlag: Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers
Erschienen in: Social Justice Research / Ausgabe 4/2006
Print ISSN: 0885-7466
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-6725
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11211-006-0028-2

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