NCJ Number
87920
Journal
Polish Psychological Bulletin Volume: 11 Issue: 2 Dated: (1980) Pages: 87-97
Date Published
1980
Length
11 pages
Annotation
The study tested the attitudes of 50 habitual criminals and 50 nonpenalized persons toward several basic moral norms and towards the moral rigorism of society.
Abstract
Data showed that criminals adopt more negative attitudes towards all norms and admit that these norms are not respected enough in society. It was also found that their most negative moral attitudes are towards functionaries, law-enforcing agencies, their victims, and toward companions. They see these people as being more unethical and consider them to be more immoral than themselves. Criminals differ in their moral attitudes toward society and in their self-evaluations. Study data and about 40 references are included. (Author abstract modified)