Die Wirkung der Entschuldigung auf verbundene Urteile über Schadensersatz und Strafe

The effects of apology on the special multivariate duplex response of punishment and liability were examined. Sixty-two adult subjects rated the adequate amounts of restitution and punishment in ten stories about ruined stamps, and the just amounts judged in addition to restitution and punishment of in 14 stories about physical injury during a soccer game. In both scenarios apology had significant effects not only on punishment judgments, but also ― though to a lesser degree ― on recompensation