Redefining Murder, Transforming Emotion: An Exploration of Forgiveness After Loss Due to Homicide

ISBN-13: 9780367636494 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 252 str.

Kristen Lee Discola

Opis

Offering insights based on years of original research, Redefining Murder, Transforming Emotion investigates the ideas and experiences of individuals who have lost loved ones to homicide (co-victims) in order to advance our understanding of the emotional transformation of forgiveness.

Spis treści

1. Introduction to the Research, Context, and Content of this Book;  2. Narrating Lived Experiences of Forgiveness and Unforgiveness;  3. Forgiveness Factors Salient within Narratives of Lived Experience;  4. "I could’ve been the one in jail for murder": How Experiential Empathy Fosters Forgiveness in Cases of Close Cultural Proximity between Forgiver and Forgiven;  5. "We are all victims of victims": How Speculative Empathy Fosters Forgiveness in Cases of Distant Cultural Proximity between Forgiver and Forgiven;  6. Constructing Victim, Survivor, and Transcender Identities;  7. Unraveling Causal Order;  8. Conclusions and Future Directions;  Postscript: Detailed Methodology;  Appendix A