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Public Involvement in Restorative Justice Conferencing : Growth Mindset, Dehumanisation & Blame Attributions
Kippes, Fabian (2024) Public Involvement in Restorative Justice Conferencing : Growth Mindset, Dehumanisation & Blame Attributions.
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| Abstract: | Restorative justice conferencing has many advantages compared to the retributive justice system such as higher victim satisfaction and collective efficacy as well as reduced reoffending. However, in practice recruiting a diverse set of community members becomes a difficult challenge. This study aimed to explore how individual differences in offender dehumanisation and blame as well as the type of mindset one has (growth vs. fixed) contribute to the decision to participate in conferencing. Moreover, a shortened version of an intervention approach called trauma education with growth mindset messaging was applied to examine its effects on public participation rates. It was expected that a growth mindset within individuals positively affects one's willingness to participate in conferencing while dehumanising and blaming offenders negatively affects one’s willingness to participate. To test these assumptions, an online experiment with 105 participants was conducted, in which they were asked to read a story about a fictional crime case and indicate to what extent they would be willing to participate in conferencing regarding the case imagining they would be an affected community member. Participants were randomly allocated to receive the intervention or not. |
| 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/99977 |
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