Punishment and solidarity? An experimental test of the educative-moralizing effects of legal sanctions
Journal of Experimental Criminology Justin T. Pickett* and Thomas Baker ABSTRACT Objectives: Both scholars and legal practitioners have long theorized that a central function of criminal punishments is to reinforce moral values and, in so doing, symbolically reaffirm the vitality of the shared beliefs that underpin social trust and bonding—or what Durkheim refers to as [...]