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ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Empathy or Counter-Empathy? The Victims’ Empathic Response Toward Offenders Depends on Their Relationships and Transgression Severity

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Pages 1355-1363 | Received 09 Feb 2023, Accepted 13 Apr 2023, Published online: 21 Apr 2023

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