Why do jurors blame the victim? Just like anyone else, jurors use coping mechanisms when they hear about an injustice; the difference is that when they do so, it can affect the outcome of your case.Brogdon, Quentin
This study investigated the impact of self-construal levels on people’s tendency to blame innocent victims for the victims’ fates. The authors hypothesized thatwhen the belief in a just world is threatened, social self-construal is associated with more victim blaming than individual self-construal...
I believe neither is acceptable. We must change the way we think: living well does not need to mean having more private spaces; instead, it could mean having more public spaces. A better goal than building bigger houses...
PASSAGE9Why People Work Text[1] If there were, in fact, some way of adding up the contribution of human satisfaction of the major human institutions in society, I would guess that work institutions contribute a surprising large share.[2] Jobs and work do much more than most of us realize...
The (very) basic background story goes like this: The Boeing 737 is a victim of its own success. The airplane thrived for more than half a century during a period when airplanes were safer and more automated. The 737 brand was so trusted that when aircraft upgrades were needed, Boeing ...
On the Sexual Assault of Men Article 29 July 2021 “They never talk about a victim’s feelings: according to criminal law, feelings are not facts”—Portuguese judicial narratives about sex crimes Article Open access 20 December 2016 Sex, Reasons, Pro Tanto Wronging, and the Structure of...
It’s been long established that certain men become aggressive when they see their manhood as being threatened. When does this behavior emerge during development—and why? A new study by a team of psychology researchers shows that adolescent boys may also respond aggressively when they believe th...
and a deep-seated dread of being abandoned in future intimate relationships (Charny & Parnass,1995; Seyed Aghamiri,2023a,2023b; Weiss,2019). Compared to other types of trauma, BT has a distinct effect on the brain, especially when the victim is dependent on the perpetrator (Courtois & Ford...
The most common themes were fear, money, shame, isolation, love and family. While many people in our society tend to place the blame on the victim, wondering why she couldn't have just left the situation, this article is an inside story as to why many many women cannot do so. This ...
According to the Library of Congress, unstable chemicals released into the air during the chopping process cause this phenomenon. Lachrymatory-factor synthase is the enzyme to blame. When an onion is cut, the enzyme is released from the onion and converts the amino acids in the onion to ...