Paternoster et al.’s (1997) follow-up study to the Sherman and Berk domestic violence experiment examined the theory that people comply with the law out of a sense of moral obligation, if and when they believe the law is applied fairly. If this statement is true, then:

a. Arrestees who feel they are treated fairly should be more likely to re-offend than those who feel otherwise.
b. Arrestees who feel that they were treated unfairly should be less likely to re-offend than those who feel otherwise.
c. Arrestees who feel they are treated fairly should be less likely to re-offend than those who feel otherwise.
d. There is no relationship between perceptions of fairness and re-offending.


c. Arrestees who feel they are treated fairly should be less likely to re-offend than those who feel otherwise

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