On the measurement of penal attitudes: Arguments for the utilization of fictitious case scenarios;Zur messung von strafeinstellungen argumente für den einsatz von fiktiven fallgeschichten

Zeitschrift fur Sozialpsychologie

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 203-213

  Suhling, Stefan ^a,d   Löbmann, Rebecca ^b   Greve, Werner ^c  

^a Bildungsinstitut des Niedersächsischen Justizvollzuges ^*  (Germany)

^b Kriminologisches Forschungsinstitut Niedersachsen eV   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HILDESHEIM   (Germany)

^d Bildungsinstitut des Niedersächsischen Justizvollzuges   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fictitious case scenarios; Measurement; Penal attitudes; Punishment; Scaling

Indexed keywords

EID: 29144509553     PISSN: 00443514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0044-3514.36.4.203     Document Type: Review

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