Altruistic (Costly) Punishment as Motivation for Vindictive Rape

This paper presents a model of vindictive rape based on common mechanisms for maintaining cooperation among humans, namely altruistic (or costly) punishment, sex role expectations, and retributive (“eye for an eye”) justice. Vindictive rapes are characterized by high level of victim harm without exp...

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Main Author: R. Karl Hanson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PsychOpen GOLD/ Leibniz Institute for Psychology 2020-07-01
Series:Sexual Offending
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Online Access:https://sotrap.psychopen.eu/index.php/sotrap/article/view/3067