NCJ Number
196025
Journal
Judicial Explorations (Justitiele verkenningen) Volume: 27 Issue: 1 Dated: 2001 Pages: 49-62
Date Published
2001
Length
14 pages
Annotation
This study examined the growth in Dutch youth intolerance since 1970 with an increase in aggressive and violent actions and its intergenerational transfer of values and relationship to the economic and cultural domains.
Abstract
The number of Dutch youth exhibiting aggressive and violent behavior in the public domain has been attributed to their growing intolerance. This growing intolerance has been attributed, at times, to the parents’ inability to transfer values to their children. This study investigated and compared the development of intolerant values of Dutch youth since 1970 and attempted to determine the amount of intergenerational transfer of these values between 1991 and 1997. The study indicated that the development of intolerance in Dutch youth and adults appeared to be quite similar. It showed a consistent rise of intolerance in the economic domain while the reverse was true for the development of intolerance. The intergenerational transfer of these values indicated an effect of parental values on youth’s attitudes that is comparable to the effect of education. In conclusion, recent manifestations of intolerant behavior in the public domain could not be attributed to specific changes in attitudes of the younger generation. Instead, they reflect general developments in society where a growing intolerance in the economic domain is most important. Figures