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> she said she would only interview willing participants They selected themselves. Remorseful ones, if any, may have chosen not to participate.
by spodek 9y ago
> she said she would only interview willing participants
They selected themselves. Remorseful ones, if any, may have chosen not to participate.
- ScottBurson 9y ago> Remorseful ones, if any, may have chosen not to participate. Conceivable, but then why were most of the murderers she interviewed remorseful? Why would remorseful murderers be willing to talk but not remorseful rapists?
- BrandoElFollito 9y agoMaybe because the kind of remorse is different, with a different sigma attached? (just a thought) In other words maybe "I murdered" is a different remorse (or lack of) than "I raped"?
- scotty79 9y ago>> Remorseful ones, if any, may have chosen not to participate. > Conceivable, but then why were most of the murderers she interviewed remorseful? Maybe it's easier to become convicted accidental murderer than convicted accidental rapist? Most people who killed didn't really want to do that. Maybe that's not the case for rapist.
- Sniffnoy 9y agoBut why would that only apply to rapists and not murderers? She found plenty of repentant murderers, according to the article.
- xaqfox 9y agoMaybe sentencing differences are causing the selection bias. Remorseful rapists may be trying to avoid publicizing their convictions (with their plan being to reintegrate with society at a later time). The remorseful murderers may have all been serving life sentences.