Moral self-assessment after committing a crime: a study on men and women in prison with a control group

Moral self-assessment is vital to one's identity, but how does it change after committing immoral behavior like crime? We compared a sample of N = 382 men and women in prison sentenced for violent and non-violent crimes with a matched control group (N = 382). We measured their self-importance o...

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VerfasserInnen: Paruzel-Czachura, Mariola (VerfasserIn) ; Blukacz, Mateusz (VerfasserIn) ; Vecina, Maria Luisa (VerfasserIn) ; Reed, Americus (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2025
In: European journal of criminology
Jahr: 2025, Band: 00, Seiten: 1-22
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