Security Managers' Attitudes Toward Locus of Responsibility for Crime

• NCJ Number: 105254
• Journal: Psychological Reports Volume: 59 Issue: 1 Dated: (1986) Pages: 199-205
• Author(s): D B Kennedy; R J Homant
• Date Published: 1986
• Length: 7 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

A number of authors have expressed concern over the possibility that private security personnel pose a threat to citizens because work-related activities of the former are not controlled by the Bill of Rights.

Abstract

Samples of security employees, police officers, business people, and nurses were compared on the Locus of Responsibility for Crime scale. While police were the most conservative and nurses were the most liberal, security managers did not differ significantly from the business sample. Implications of those findings are suggested. (Author abstract)