NCJ Number
162617
Journal
International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice Volume: 19 Issue: 2 Dated: (Fall 1995) Pages: 179-194
Date Published
1995
Length
16 pages
Annotation
This study attempts to ascertain whether significant relationships exist between criminal justice functionaries' different penal decisions and their value orientation.
Abstract
The starting point for this study was the theory that criminal justice functionaries' penal decisions are a function of their value orientations. The results of the data analyses indicate a statistically significant association between the level of moral judgment and penal decisions. The functionaries' penal orientations are not influenced by their identifications with professionalism and bureaucratism. Occupation variables have a high statistical association in explaining the variance of functionaries' penal orientation. Functionaries' value orientation does not appear to be significant individually. However, when combined in a regression model that includes demographic characteristics, the model accounts for 45 percent of variance in explaining the criminal justice functionaries' penal orientation. Figures, tables, notes, references