It’s important for criminal sentences, but how do we know if someone’s remorseful?
- Written by Maggie Hall, Lecturer, School of Social Sciences and Psychology, Western Sydney University
The story lines of every episode of legal TV dramas, from Law & Order to Perry Mason, revolve around five key narrative moments: the crime, the arrest, the plea, the verdict, and the offender’s emotional response to what they’ve done.
While the verdict provides the audience with its emotional pay-off, it’s the fifth moment...
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