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Does the Presentation of Information about Restorative Justice Impact the Public Justice Orientation towards Restorative Justice?
Müller, Laura Alina (2023) Does the Presentation of Information about Restorative Justice Impact the Public Justice Orientation towards Restorative Justice?
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| Abstract: | This study aims to investigate if information about restorative justice presented to the public impacts the justice orientation which is measured by the level of the individuals' orientation towards restorative or retributive justice. Moreover, it is researched if the presented information about restorative justice impacts participants’ trust in the justice system. The conducted study was a quantitative study in which an experimental research design with three conditions was adopted. Therefore, three groups were tested in a pre– and post-design. A total of 146 participants took part in the study. The first condition received information about the goals of restorative justice. The second condition received additional information about the programme types and structure while the third condition received both types of information. The results revealed that presenting information regarding restorative justice had a significant effect on participants' restorative justice orientation. This suggests that participants expressed an increase in their restorative justice orientation after receiving information on restorative justice. However, the difference established was only minimal. Moreover, there was no decrease in retributive justice orientation found after presenting information on restorative justice. No effect on the participants’ trust in the justice system was found. It is suggested that this could be due to more variables such as individual characteristics, past experiences, and personal views that might be complex to change with only the presentation of information. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Bachelor) |
| Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
| Subject: | 77 psychology |
| Programme: | Psychology BSc (56604) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/95250 |
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