#  Julia Marshall - The Early Pursuit of Third-Party Punishment 

 



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 **January 31, 2025** 

 12:00PM - 01:30PM EST 

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 **CGIS South S050**  



 

 



 

**Talk Title:** The Early Pursuit of Third-Party Punishment

**Abstract:** Responding to wrongdoing is a central feature of our social lives and allows cooperative societies to flourish. Although we have many tools at our disposal to address wrongdoing, punishment often takes prominence. Accordingly, a core assumption of modern institutional justice systems is that transgressors should be punished for their misdeeds. In this talk, I argue that punitive interventions can be traced back to behaviors present in early childhood. I present research demonstrating that children across different countries, in both rural and urban environments, are willing to punish transgressors. Building on this work, I explore how children's willingness to punish wrongdoing (even when it is costly) is linked to a variety of justice-related concerns, such as retribution and deterrence. I also discuss how these justice-related motives maintain across different social contexts, suggesting that children consider punishment a duty that transcends social biases. Overall, my talk will feature research illustrating that third-party punishment is a hallmark of children’s sophisticated toolkit for regulating social relationships and behavior.



 

 



 

 

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