The Quality of Remorse in Northern Ireland and South Africa - Implications for Australia.

Grant number: DE120102304 | Funding period: 2012 - 2016

Completed

Abstract

This project examines remorse as discussed by South Africans after Apartheid, survivors of The Troubles in Northern Ireland and the Stolen Generation in Australian. The project will provide insight into what survivors of trauma require from individual and institutional perpetrators in order to move on after periods of conflict and persecution.

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