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When the strong punish: Why net costs of punishment are often negligible.
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PMID:  22289334     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
In small-scale societies, punishment of adults is infrequent and employed when the anticipated cost-to-benefit ratio is low, such as when punishment is collectively justified and administered. In addition, benefits may exceed costs when punishers have relatively greater physical and social capital and gain more from cooperation. We provide examples from the Tsimane horticulturalists of Bolivia to support our claims.
Authors:
Christopher R von Rueden; Michael Gurven
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Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Behavioral and brain sciences     Volume:  35     ISSN:  1469-1825     ISO Abbreviation:  Behav Brain Sci     Publication Date:  2012 Feb 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2012-01-31     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7808666     Medline TA:  Behav Brain Sci     Country:  England    
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Languages:  eng     Pagination:  43-4     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Integrative Anthropological Sciences, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-3210. vonrueden@umail.ucsb.edu http://sites.google.com/site/chrisvonrueden/home gurven@anth.ucsb.edu http://www.anth.ucsb.edu/faculty/gurven/
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