The Notions of Punishment Justice in Adolescence and Early Adulthood
The paper analyzes the principles of fair punishment, on which younger teenagers, older teenagers, and adolescents rely in different types of situations: a) in the situations of venial misconducts and major offenses; b) in the situations when the offending and injured parties differ in their closeness to the respondent. The obtained data demonstrate that: 1) the factor of offence gravity has an equal influence on the choice of principles of fair punishment in all age groups; 2) the factor of “our - another” influences more strongly the choice of principles of fair punishment in the older age groups.