Applying the revenge system to the criminal justice system and jury decision-making

Roberts, S. Craig; Murray, Jennifer

Abstract

McCullough et al. propose an evolved cognitive revenge system which imposes retaliatory costs on aggressors. They distinguish between this and other forms of punishment (e.g., administered by judges) which are not underpinned by a specifically-designed evolutionary mechanism. Here we outline mechanisms and circumstances through which the revenge system might nonetheless infiltrate decision-making within the criminal justice system.

Citation

Roberts, S. C., & Murray, J. (2013). Applying the revenge system to the criminal justice system and jury decision-making. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 36(01), 34-35. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x12000581

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Online Publication Date: Dec 5, 2012
• Publication Date: 2013-02
• Deposit Date: Feb 16, 2015
• Publicly Available Date: Feb 16, 2015
• Print ISSN: 0140-525X
• Electronic ISSN: 1469-1825
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 36
• Issue: 01
• Pages: 34-35
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x12000581
• Keywords: Revenge; punishment; criminal justice system; jury decision making
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/7580
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X12000581