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What is punitiveness?

What is punitiveness? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. The state or condition of being punitive.
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The authors believe that measuring positive and negative emotional involvement separately revealed significant findings on maternal intrusiveness and punitiveness.
The punitiveness of the state was assessed by using the number of executions per the population of the state.
Racial typification of crime has been found to be a significant predictor of the punitiveness.
The example of how Title IX has been enforced in sports suggests a pointless punitiveness can be expected as women fall short in other fields.
The punitiveness of the criminal code was both inhumane and counter-productive.
I have just put online here one of my academic papers that reports some survey findings about punitiveness.

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