Crime against woman and punishment goals: social order and country moderate public protest effect

Authors

Ramadhar Singh
Paul A Bell
Ran Bijay Narayan Sinha
Sweta Singh
Krithiga Sankaran

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

IIMB Management Review

Abstract

Indians and Americans read about a severe crime committed by a man against a woman in the presence of his group of friends. The social order and the resulting public protest against that crime were manipulated. Participants indicated punishment goals they pursued. As hypothesised, public protest amplified the pursuit of the goals of retribution for the offender and omission by the group when the social order was deteriorating. Moreover, public protest affected the pursuit of the deterrence and retribution goals by Indians as if they acted as pragmatic politicians, but not by Americans as if they acted as principled theologians.

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1016/J.IIMB.2013.12.005

Publication Date

1-4-2014

Publisher

Elsevier

Volume

Vol.26

Issue

Iss.2

Recommended Citation

Singh, Ramadhar; Bell, Paul A; Sinha, Ran Bijay Narayan; Singh, Sweta; and Sankaran, Krithiga, "Crime against woman and punishment goals: social order and country moderate public protest effect" (2014). Faculty Publications. 1753.
https://research.iimb.ac.in/fac_pubs/1753