Can Perspective-Taking Reduce Crime? Examining a Pathway Through Empathic-Concern and Guilt-Proneness  

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Martinez, Andres G. ; Stuewig, Jeffrey ; Tangney, June P.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (http://journals.sagepub.com/home/pspc) vol. 40 no. 12 (Dec. 2014), page 1659-1667.
Topik: perspective-taking; empathic-concern; guilt-proneness; crime reduction
Fulltext: Pers Soc Psychol Bull-2014-Martinez-0146167214554915.pdf (364.06KB)

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We describe and appraise a theoretical model in which individual differences in perspective-taking eventuate in crime reduction. Specifically, it is hypothesized that perspective-taking propensities influence the tendency to feel empathic-concern, thereby heightening proneness for guilt, which ultimately inhibits criminal behavior (perspective-taking ? empathic-concern ? guilt-proneness ? crime desistance). Data from two sources were analyzed: (a) a cross-sectional college sample and (b) a longitudinal sample of jail inmates. Overall, results lend credence to this theoretical model: Perspective-taking propensities ultimately “put the brakes” on criminal behavior—via an emotional pathway of empathic-concern and then guilt-proneness. Discussion focuses on the nature of perspective-taking, its generative role for moral emotion and behavior, as well as potential applications for crime reduction.

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