ATTITUDE AND PERSONALITY DIFFERENCES AMONG MEN AND WOMEN STUDYING POLICE SCIENCE

• NCJ Number: 42288
• Journal: Journal of Social Psychology Volume: 102 Dated: (JUNE 1977) Pages: 161-162
• Author(s): M S SUTTON; H M CARLSON
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 2 pages
• Corporate Author: Journal Press
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS ARTICLE BRIEFLY REPORTS AN EXPERIMENT IN WHICH ATTITUDINAL AND PERSONALITY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MALES AND FEMALES IN POLICE SCIENCE AND NONPOLICE SCIENCE COURSES WERE EXAMINED.

Abstract

THE RESULTS INDICATED THE SOCIALIZATION OF RIGID, PUNITIVE ATTITUDES EARLY IN THE CAREERS OF WOULD-BE POLICE PERSONNEL, AND INDICATED THE POTENTIAL POSITIVE CONTRIBUTION OF FEMALES TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. ...MSP