Shaming, disintegrative and reintegrative

Shame is a powerful societal tool. Whether shaming is disintegrative or reintegrative, according to the theory of reintegrative shaming, can predict how a person receiving it will react. When it is communicated that an act committed was wrong and one of which respected persons disapprove, yet the offender is a worthwhile human being, this shaming is called reintegrative, and tends to result in less offending and a perception by both offender and victim that the process is fair. When shaming is humiliating and disrespectful of the offender, this is called disintegrative shaming, and tends to be more likely to result in unresolved feelings of shame, which often lead to further breaches of social norms.