Morality and homicide: a study on the motivation of the transgressor / Moralidade e homicídio: um estudo sobre a motivação do transgressor

We investigated the judgment of representation of reality (JRR), and the judgment of moral value (JVM) of 20 homicidal subjects (30 to 49) as to the reasons of the crime, at the time of the homicide and at the present moment. Individual interviews were carried out. We verified that the most indicate...

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Main Authors: Luciana Souza Borges, Heloisa Moulin de Alencar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2006-01-01
Series:Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica
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description We investigated the judgment of representation of reality (JRR), and the judgment of moral value (JVM) of 20 homicidal subjects (30 to 49) as to the reasons of the crime, at the time of the homicide and at the present moment. Individual interviews were carried out. We verified that the most indicated JRR, in the present and in the past, was the physical aggression suffered by the aggressor, justified in the present because the aggressor felt humiliated and, in the past, for having wished to take revenge due to his or the victim's characteristics; the most mentioned JVM in the past was that that their reasons were right due to the characteristics of the interviewees or those of the victims, for the humiliations suffered or because they needed to defend a life, whereas in the present, the most cited judgment was that their motives were wrong, in face of the negative consequences, and religious arguments.
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spelling doaj.art-8a2f2d531b7c430abb869abd07d6c9452022-12-21T17:56:16ZengSpringerOpenPsicologia: Reflexão e Crítica0102-79721678-71532006-01-01193451459Morality and homicide: a study on the motivation of the transgressor / Moralidade e homicídio: um estudo sobre a motivação do transgressorLuciana Souza BorgesHeloisa Moulin de AlencarWe investigated the judgment of representation of reality (JRR), and the judgment of moral value (JVM) of 20 homicidal subjects (30 to 49) as to the reasons of the crime, at the time of the homicide and at the present moment. Individual interviews were carried out. We verified that the most indicated JRR, in the present and in the past, was the physical aggression suffered by the aggressor, justified in the present because the aggressor felt humiliated and, in the past, for having wished to take revenge due to his or the victim's characteristics; the most mentioned JVM in the past was that that their reasons were right due to the characteristics of the interviewees or those of the victims, for the humiliations suffered or because they needed to defend a life, whereas in the present, the most cited judgment was that their motives were wrong, in face of the negative consequences, and religious arguments.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-79722006000300014&lng=pt&nrm=iso&tlng=ptMoralityhomicidemotivation
spellingShingle Luciana Souza Borges
Heloisa Moulin de Alencar
Morality and homicide: a study on the motivation of the transgressor / Moralidade e homicídio: um estudo sobre a motivação do transgressor
Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica
Morality
homicide
motivation
title Morality and homicide: a study on the motivation of the transgressor / Moralidade e homicídio: um estudo sobre a motivação do transgressor
title_full Morality and homicide: a study on the motivation of the transgressor / Moralidade e homicídio: um estudo sobre a motivação do transgressor
title_fullStr Morality and homicide: a study on the motivation of the transgressor / Moralidade e homicídio: um estudo sobre a motivação do transgressor
title_full_unstemmed Morality and homicide: a study on the motivation of the transgressor / Moralidade e homicídio: um estudo sobre a motivação do transgressor
title_short Morality and homicide: a study on the motivation of the transgressor / Moralidade e homicídio: um estudo sobre a motivação do transgressor
title_sort morality and homicide a study on the motivation of the transgressor moralidade e homicidio um estudo sobre a motivacao do transgressor
topic Morality
homicide
motivation
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