For bookwriting - Does anyone have a quick ref for experiments where the subject is forced to hurt someone, and then evaluates that person negatively ("The victim deserved it")? I can't recall the Google keyword; it doesn't show up for "blaming the victim" or "just-world hypothesis".
Defensive attribution may be the keyword that you want, starting with a 1973 Chaikin & Darley study. Or try victim derogation. A quick search turned up a few other articles that might be relevant: 1, 290039-4), 3.
For bookwriting - Does anyone have a quick ref for experiments where the subject is forced to hurt someone, and then evaluates that person negatively ("The victim deserved it")? I can't recall the Google keyword; it doesn't show up for "blaming the victim" or "just-world hypothesis".