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Evolution of prosocial punishment in unstructured and structured populations and in the presence of antisocial punishment.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2021
A large body of empirical evidence suggests that altruistic punishment abounds in human societies. Based on such evidence, it is suggested that punishment serves an important role in promoting cooperation in humans and possibly other species. However, as
Mohammad Salahshour
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Optimizing the social utility of judicial punishment: An evolutionary biology and neuroscience perspective

open access: yesFrontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2022
Punishment as a response to impairment of individual or group welfare may be found not only among humans but also among a wide range of social animals. In some cases, acts of punishment serve to increase social cooperation among conspecifics.
Daniel A. Levy
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Paternalism as Punishment [PDF]

open access: yesUtilitas, 2020
AbstractIn this article, I argue that even if we hold that at least some paternalistic behaviour is impermissible when directed towards innocent persons, in certain cases, the same behaviour is permissible when directed towards criminal offenders. I also defend the claim that in some cases it is morally preferable to behave paternalistically towards ...
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Sustainable institutionalized punishment requires elimination of second-order free-riders [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Although empirical and theoretical studies affirm that punishment can elevate collaborative efforts, its emergence and stability remain elusive. By peer-punishment the sanctioning is something an individual elects to do depending on the strategies in its
A Dreber   +58 more
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The Effects of Social Distance and Asymmetric Reward and Punishment on Individual Cooperative Behavior in Dilemma Situations

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2022
The behavior decisions in social dilemmas are highlighted in sociological, economic, and social psychological studies. Across two studies, the iterated prisoner’s dilemma is used as a basic paradigm to explore the effects of social distance and ...
Lei Zhang   +4 more
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Punishment can support cooperation even when punishable [PDF]

open access: yesEconomics Letters, 2017
Do opportunities to punish non-punishers help to stabilize cooperation? Or do opportunities to punish punishers harm cooperation and its benefits by deterring first order punishment and wasting resources? We compare treatments of a decision experiment without peer punishment and with one order of punishment to ones in which subjects can be punished for
Fu, Tingting   +3 more
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Children and the experience of violence: contrasting cultures of punishment in northern Nigeria [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
Arising out of debates over ‘children at risk’ and the ‘rights of the child’, the article compares two contrasting childhoods within a single large society—the Hausa‐speaking peoples of northern Nigeria.
Last, M
core   +1 more source

The source of punishment matters: Third-party punishment restrains observers from selfish behaviors better than does second-party punishment by shaping norm perceptions.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2020
Punishment aims to deter individuals' selfish behaviors, but it can occasionally backfire. Some scholars have proposed promoting prosocial behaviors using punishment that communicates positive social norms because it provides additional motivation ...
Hezhi Chen, Zhijia Zeng, Jianhong Ma
doaj   +1 more source

Analysis of the punishment on unlicensed medical practice in Jinshan District of Shanghai

open access: yesShanghai yufang yixue, 2023
ObjectiveThis paper analyzed the punishment situation of unlicensed medical practice in recent 7 years in Jinshan District of Shanghai, then suggested the countermeasures to prevent and combat unlicensed medical practice in the future.MethodsA total of ...
LIU Huiping   +3 more
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Next‐generation proteomics improves lung cancer risk prediction

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
This is one of very few studies that used prediagnostic blood samples from participants of two large population‐based cohorts. We identified, evaluated, and validated an innovative protein marker model that outperformed an established risk prediction model and criteria employed by low‐dose computed tomography in lung cancer screening trials.
Megha Bhardwaj   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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