The logic that often underlies support for punitive approaches to crime, such as imprisonment, is a belief that an aversive experience will “put people off” or “teach them a hard lesson” about what they’ve done wrong. However, this has not proved to be true—and researchers at Flinders University are looking at ways that more positive messaging can change the attitude of transgressors.
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