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Prevent, Repent, Reform, Revenge A Study in Adolescent Moral Development

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Ann C. Diver-Stamnes, R. Murray Thomas

Book Code: GM9730

ISBN: 0-313-29730-4

ISBN-13: 978-0-313-29730-4

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240 pages, figures, tables

Greenwood Press

Publication: 10/30/1995

List Price: $112.95 (UK Sterling Price: £65.00)

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Media Type: Hardcover

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Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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Series Title: Contributions in Psychology

Series Number: 30

Description: Prevent, Repent, Reform, Revenge, is a study of the aims that people intend to achieve by the sanctions and treatments they recommend for wrongdoers. The book is designed to answer two main questions: What kind of analytical scheme can profitably reveal the nature of people's reasoning about the aims of sanctions they propose for perpetrators of crimes and misdeeds? In the aims that people express what changes in overt moral reasoning patterns appear between later childhood and the early adult years? The authors conducted interviews with 136 youths between the ages of 9 and 21 to find out what sanctions and aims they felt were appropriate in three cases of wrongdoing. The resulting information provides an important insight into adolescent moral development.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Introduction: The Purpose of the Study
A Framework for Interpreting Aims
Two-Typologies--(1) Types of Aims and (2) Types of Sanctions
Sanction/Aim Relationships
Two Aspects of Sanctions and Aims--(1) the Nature of Reality and (2) Moral Value Commitments
Overt Cognitive Sequences and Reasoning Styles
Developmental Indicators
Ways of Reasoning About Aims--From Child to Adult
The Nature of the Interviews
Proposed Sanctions and Aims
Patterns of Causal Relationships--Linking Sanctions and Aims
Overt Reasoning Styles
Conceptions of God and the Sanctity of Life
Views of Imprisonment
Empathy and Sympathy
Drugs and the Law
Views of Retribution
Lessons Learned
References
Appendix A: The Interview Guidesheet
Index

LC Card Number: 95-16145

LCC Class: BJ1408

Dewey Class: 155


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