RT Article
T1 Assessing Similarities and Differences in Self-Control between Police Officers and Offenders
JF American journal of criminal justice
VO 45
IS 2
SP 167
OP 189
A1 Meldrum, Ryan C.
A2 Donner, Christopher M.
A2 Cleary, Shawna
A2 Hochstetler, Andy
A2 DeLisi, Matt
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1764274245
AB Research provides consistent evidence that non-offenders have greater self-control than offenders. While such differences exist across a range of samples, the ability of measures of self-control to discriminate between different groups merits additional attention. We advance research on this topic by comparing the self-control of police officers to offenders. Results indicate police officers score higher than offenders do on global self-control. Results also indicate that, when analyzing differences across the six dimensions of self-control conceptualized by Gottfredson and Hirschi ( 1990 ), police officers consistently score lower in impulsivity, self-centeredness, and anger than offenders. At the same time, police officers have a greater preference for physical activities than offenders do, and the risk-seeking and simple tasks dimensions are inconsistently associated with being a police officer relative to an offender across the different models estimated. Discussion centers on the implications of these findings for theory and for the screening of potential police recruits.
K1 Grasmick et al. (1993) Scale
K1 Prisoners
K1 Police officers
K1 Self-control
DO 10.1007/s12103-019-09505-4