Dispositional forgiveness among homicide offenders

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2012

Authors

Ana Cristina M Menezes Fonseca (Author) Other; Felix Neto (Author) FPCEUP; Etienne Mullet (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology

Vol. 23 No. 3

Pages: 410-416

ISSN: 1478-9949

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Indexing

ISI Web of Knowledge - 1 Citation

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Scopus - 3 Citations

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Scientific classification

FOS: Medical and Health sciences > Clinical medicine

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-002-G8N

DOI: 10.1080/14789949.2012.668213

Abstract (EN): The study compared dispositional forgiveness among homicide offenders and non-incarcerated people, living in the same geographic areas, and matched regarding educational level and religious involvement. Forty-seven prisoners and 294 lay people were presented with questionnaires measuring aggression, dispositional forgiveness, and conceptualizations regarding forgiveness. Compared to the control group, homicide offenders reported stronger resentment toward others, lower ability at seeking forgiveness, lower capacity at unconditionally forgiving others, and a stronger tendency at considering that forgiveness is an immoral behavior. Offenders' higher level of aggressiveness did not fully explain these differences in dispositional forgiveness.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

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No. of pages: 7