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Why Emotions Work: Restorative Justice, Interaction Ritual and the Micro Potential for Emotional Transformation

Rossner, Meredith
June 4, 2015

Source: (2008) Dissertation submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology and Criminology. University of Pennsylvania.

This research integrates knowledge from the sociology of emotions, micro-sociology, and criminology to understand if and how a restorative justice conference can be a transformative event for offenders, with the potential to reduce offending.

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