The effects of individual factors on punitive attitudes toward juvenile offenders

The purpose of the present study was to examine the relationship between individual factors and punitive attitudes toward juvenile offenders. The individual factors examined were attributional style, authoritarianism, anxiety, self-esteem, the Five-Factor model of personality, and gender. It was hyp...

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1. VerfasserIn: Mac Connell, Jennifer Keely (Verfasst von)
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Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2001
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