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ATTITUDE AND PERSONALITY DIFFERENCES AMONG MEN AND WOMEN STUDYING POLICE SCIENCE

NCJ Number
42288
Journal
Journal of Social Psychology Volume: 102 Dated: (JUNE 1977) Pages: 161-162
Author(s)
M S SUTTON; H M CARLSON
Date Published
1977
Length
2 pages
Annotation
THIS ARTICLE BRIEFLY REPORTS AN EXPERIMENT IN WHICH ATTITUDINAL AND PERSONALITY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MALES AND FEMALES IN POLICE SCIENCE AND NONPOLICE SCIENCE COURSES WERE EXAMINED.
Abstract
THE RESULTS INDICATED THE SOCIALIZATION OF RIGID, PUNITIVE ATTITUDES EARLY IN THE CAREERS OF WOULD-BE POLICE PERSONNEL, AND INDICATED THE POTENTIAL POSITIVE CONTRIBUTION OF FEMALES TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. ...MSP