Criminal sentencing attitudes can reflect psychological dispositions concerning agency, hierarchy, blame, and rehabilitation. This exploratory pilot examined whether established contemplative practice is associated with a less punitive profile and whether legal professionals show differences following a four-week Anapana programme. Ninety adults participated in three cohorts: experienced...
Observational, cross-sectional, anonymous questionnaire study comparing experienced Goenka-lineage Vipassana meditators with matched non-meditators in Uttar Pradesh, India, on moral self-evaluation, moral-superiority beliefs, offender humanisation/dehumanisation, sentencing attitudes, perceived dangerousness, and capacity for reform. Confirmatory hypotheses (two co-primary outcomes,...