Arrest as displaced aggression

Applied to police officers, displaced aggression theory would suggest that an officer primed for a negative affect by a personal family conflict will be more likely to arrest, and less likely to show lenience toward, criminal suspects engaged in minor offenses. The present study primed a sample of p...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Johnson, Richard R. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2013
In: Criminal justice and behavior
Year: 2013, Volume: 40, Issue: 10, Pages: 1149-1162
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Arrest
Discretion
displaced aggression
Police
Social Psychology