“Murderers' Relatives”

May, Hazel

doi:10.1177/089124100129023873

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“…Therefore, while identity considerations perhaps most clearly pertain to the self, they might also influence concern for moral character in others as well (see also Strohminger & Nichols, 2013). For instance, one reason we might care whether our children have good moral character is that their character (or lack thereof) is seen as a reflection of our own (see May, 2000). In sum, the importance of moral character in person perception may reflect both social functionalist considerations and more symbolic, identity-based considerations.…”

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Moral character predominates in person perception and evaluation.

Goodwin¹,

Piazza

Rozin

2014

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

678

428

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What sorts of trait information do people most care about when forming impressions of others? Recent research in social cognition suggests that "warmth," broadly construed, should be of prime importance in impression formation. Yet, some prior research suggests that information about others' specifically moral traits--their moral "character"--may be a primary dimension. Although warmth and character have sometimes been conceived of as interchangeable, we argue that they are separable, and that across a wide variety of contexts, character is usually more important than warmth in impression formation. We first showed that moral character and social warmth traits are indeed separable (Studies 1 and 2). Further studies that used correlational and experimental methods showed that, as predicted, in most contexts, moral character information is more important in impression formation than is warmth information (Studies 2-6). Character information was also more important than warmth information with respect to judgments of traits' perceived fundamentalness to identity, their uniquely human quality, their context-independence, and their controllability (Study 2). Finally, Study 7 used an archival method to show that moral character information appears more prominently than warmth information in obituaries, and more strongly determines the impressions people form of the individuals described in those obituaries. We discuss implications for current theories of person perception and social cognition.

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Section: W Somerset Maughammentioning

confidence: 99%

Moral character predominates in person perception and evaluation.

Goodwin¹,

Piazza

Rozin

2014

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

678

428

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“…For children, the loss of a parent to the prison system can create emotional strain and impose adult responsibilities, such as earning money for the household or taking care of younger siblings, upon them (Braman 2004). Relatedly, incarceration may also lead to feelings of shame and stigmatization among friends and family members (Braman 2004; Fishman 1990; Green et al 2006; May 2000; Nesmith and Ruhland 2008; Phillips and Gates 2011). People may feel compelled to hide the fact that a partner or parent is incarcerated, particularly when interacting with people such as employers, social workers, teachers, and others who may not be members of groups highly impacted by incarceration.…”

Section: Families Of the Incarcerated And The Consequences They Bearmentioning

confidence: 99%

Consequences of Family Member Incarceration

Lee¹,

Porter²,

Comfort

2013

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Scie

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Political participation and citizens' perceptions of the legitimacy and fairness of government are central components of democracy. In this article, we examine one possible threat to these markers of a just political system: family member incarceration. We offer a unique glimpse into the broader social consequences of punishment that are brought on by a partner's or parent's incarceration. We argue that the criminal justice system serves as an important institution for political socialization for the families of those imprisoned, affecting their attitudes and orientations toward the government and their will and capacity to become involved in political life. We draw from ethnographic data collected by one of the authors, quantitative data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, and interviews with recently released male prisoners and their female partners. Our findings suggest that experiences of a family member's incarceration complicate perceptions of government legitimacy and fairness and serve as a barrier to civic participation.

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“…Gueta’s (2017) meta-analysis of qualitative research incorporating parents of prisoners identified four key themes: parenting from a distance; the burden of care; troubled parental identity; and social reaction. Highlighting the global commonality of experience, the analysis drew on papers from the UK (Howarth and Rock, 2000; May, 2000; Holligan, 2016), America (Turanovic et al, 2012; Tasca et al, 2016), Portugal (Granja, 2016) and Australia (Halsey and Deegan, 2015). Building on Gueta’s (2017) key themes, Hutton (2019) also identified parents as human rights protectors and acknowledged the psychological harm this labour causes.…”

Section: Families and The Prisonmentioning

confidence: 99%

‘Lockdown's changed everything’: Mothering adult children in prison in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic

Lockwood

2021

Probation Journal

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The COVID-19 pandemic occurred at a time when families of prisoners were gaining visibility in both academia and policy. Research exploring the experiences of families of prison residents has tended to focus on intimate partners and children, despite parents of those in prison being more likely than partners or children to maintain contact. The small body of work focusing on parents has identified their continued care for their children and highlights the burden of providing this care. With the ethics of care posing an ideological expectation on women to provide familial care, the care for adult children in custody is likely to fall to mothers. However, with restricted prison regimes, the pandemic has significantly impeded mothers’ ability to provide this ‘care’. Adopting a qualitative methodology, this paper explores the accounts of mothers to adult children in custody during the pandemic across two UK prison systems, England and Wales, and Scotland; exploring the negotiation of mothering in the context of imprisonment and the pandemic and highlighting important lessons for policy and practice.

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“Murderers' Relatives”

Cited by 43 publications

References 16 publications

Moral character predominates in person perception and evaluation.

Moral character predominates in person perception and evaluation.

Consequences of Family Member Incarceration

‘Lockdown's changed everything’: Mothering adult children in prison in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic

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