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justdeserts1 CONSTRUCTJust desertsCARLSMITH · SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

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punishing in proportion to the moral wrong done, the main motive people show when sentencing.

In social psychology, just deserts refers to punishing in proportion to the moral wrong done, the main motive people show when sentencing. This meaning comes from Carlsmith (2002) in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.[1]

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  1. Carlsmith, K. M., Darley, J. M., & Robinson, P. H. (2002). Why do we punish? Deterrence and just deserts as motives for punishment. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 83(2), 284-299. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.83.2.284

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