Sweet Revenge

Barreca, Regina

doi:10.1037/e641322009-015

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“…On the other hand, there are also reasons why revenge might not feel rehumanizing. People may experience revenge as uncivilized, destructive, or antisocial behavior that violates moral values (Barreca, 1995; Elster, 1990; Jacoby, 1983; O’Leary-Kelly et al, 1996; Uniacke, 2000). If so, victims who take revenge might infer personal characteristics that are inconsistent with human morality.…”

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Rehumanizing the self after victimization: The roles of forgiveness versus revenge.

Schumann

Walton²

2022

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

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Everyday maltreatments can threaten people's basic sense of being human. Can victims restore their sense of humanness after it has been damaged by an offense and, if so, how? Four studies compared forgiving and taking revenge as responses to victimization. In Study 1, participants recalled a time they either forgave or took revenge against someone who had hurt them. In Studies 2 and 3, they imagined being victimized by a coworker and then either forgiving or taking revenge against him. In Study 4, they wrote either a forgiving or a vengeful letter to a transgressor who had committed an offense against them. Each methodology revealed that, compared with revenge, forgiveness was more effective at rehumanizing the self; indeed, forgiveness produced feelings of humanness that nearly exceeded levels experienced by nonvictimized participants (Study 3). Studies 3 and 4 also provided evidence that perceiving 1's forgiveness as moral contributes to a restored sense of humanness. Study 4 further revealed important downstream predictive consequences of a restored sense of self-humanity following forgiveness-less self-harm, a greater sense of belonging to the human community, and greater importance of one's moral identity. Extending past research on the benefits of forgiveness, this work highlights the agency that victims have to repair their humanness in the wake of a dehumanizing offense.

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Section: The Malleability Of Perceived Humannessmentioning

confidence: 99%

Rehumanizing the self after victimization: The roles of forgiveness versus revenge.

Schumann

Walton²

2022

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

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“…Distinguishing retribution from vengeance permits a more precise specification of the role of emotion in retributive decision-making. Analysts have long presumed that reprisal is committed out of anger (Barreca, 1995), and that anger and rational calculation are incompatible (Carmichael & Piquero, 2004; Exum, 2002). But the moralistic enactment of auto theft is quite calculated.…”

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Retaliatory Auto Theft

Cherbonneau

Jacobs

2015

Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice

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Drawing from a qualitative sample of active auto thieves, this article examines the moralistic underpinnings of auto theft. Our findings indicate that retaliatory auto theft is either direct or indirect. In direct forms of payback, auto theft reprises a specific violator for a specific affront, and the theft serves as that reprisal. In indirect payback, the target's culpability is lacking: Auto theft either removes some generalized loss or facilitates a broader retributive objective secondary to the theft target. Discussion focuses on the distinction between revenge and retribution and how auto theft emerges as a feasible choice given the universe of available retaliatory options, and despite the longstanding preference among street offenders for violence.

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Sweet Revenge

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Rehumanizing the self after victimization: The roles of forgiveness versus revenge.

Rehumanizing the self after victimization: The roles of forgiveness versus revenge.

Retaliatory Auto Theft

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