Punishment after Life: How Attitudes about Longer-than-Life Sentences Expose the Rules of Retribution
Prison sentences that exceed the natural lifespan present a puzzle because they have no more power to deter or incapacitate than a single life sentence. In three survey experiments, we tested the extent to which participants support these longer-than-life sentences under different decision contexts....
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2024-09-01
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| Series: | Behavioral Sciences |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/14/9/855 |