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Special Deterrence Results When Punishment of a Wrongdoer Deters Other

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Special deterrence results when punishment of a wrongdoer deters other persons from committing similar offenses.


Definitions:

Fundamental Attribution Error

A common bias in social psychology where people tend to overemphasize personality traits and underestimate situational factors when explaining others' behaviors.

Confirmation Bias

The habit of scouting for, construing, preferring, and recalling insights in a manner that upholds one's antecedent beliefs or guesses.

Stereotype

Overgeneralized and oversimplified beliefs about a group of people based on their membership in that group.

Confirmation Bias

The propensity to explore, interpret, select, and revive information in ways that strengthen one's existing convictions or hypotheses.

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