Prevent, Repent, Reform, Revenge
A Study in Adolescent Moral Development
Published on 20. October 1995
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-0-313-29730-4 (ISBN)
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
546 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-313-29730-4 (9780313297304)
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Ann Diver-Stamnes | R. Murray Thomas
Prevent, Repent, Reform, Revenge
A Study in Adolescent Moral Development
E-Book
10/1995
1st Edition
Praeger Publishers Inc
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Persons
Ann C. Diver-Stamnes is an Assistant Professor in the Teacher Preparation Program at Humboldt State University in Arcata, California. She has published in the areas of poverty and its effects on adolescents, adolescent development, urban education, multicultural education, peer counseling and moral development.
R. Murray Thomas is professor emeritus at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
R. Murray Thomas is professor emeritus at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Content
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