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Tom Carpenter, Ph.D.

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Psychology

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This project examines effects of personality on how severely people punish criminal offenders, focusing specifically on guilt- and shame-proneness. Prior work (Tangney et al., 2007) suggests that guilt-proneness is an emotional tendency that prompts reparative behaviors, whereas shame-proneness prompts withdrawal. Further, shame-prone individuals tend to be defensive and more aggressive (Stuewig et al., 2009), which suggests they may be more punitive. Consequently, we hypothesize that guilt-prone individuals will tend to punish criminal offenders less severely than shame-prone individuals, who we hypothesize will punish more severely. We also consider whether the offender’s psychopathic status impacts the severity of their punishment.

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May 27th, 1:00 PM

They did the crime, you do the time: The role of guilt and shame on sentencing severity for psychopathic and non-psychopathic criminal offenders.

This project examines effects of personality on how severely people punish criminal offenders, focusing specifically on guilt- and shame-proneness. Prior work (Tangney et al., 2007) suggests that guilt-proneness is an emotional tendency that prompts reparative behaviors, whereas shame-proneness prompts withdrawal. Further, shame-prone individuals tend to be defensive and more aggressive (Stuewig et al., 2009), which suggests they may be more punitive. Consequently, we hypothesize that guilt-prone individuals will tend to punish criminal offenders less severely than shame-prone individuals, who we hypothesize will punish more severely. We also consider whether the offender’s psychopathic status impacts the severity of their punishment.

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