The relationship of punishment- and victim-based moral orientation to prosocial, externalizing, and norm trespassing behaviour in delinquent and non-delinquent adolescents: A validation study of the Moral Orientation Measure

Journal of Experimental Criminology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-60

  Stams, G J J M ^a   Dekovic M ^b   Brugman, D ^b   Rutten, E A ^a   Van Den Wittenboer, G L H ^a   Tavecchio, L W C ^a   Hendriks, J ^c   Van Schijndel, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Forensic Clinic   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Externalizing behaviour; Juvenile delinquents; Moral orientation measure; Norm trespassing behaviour; Prosocial behaviour; Punishment based orientation; Validation study; Victim based orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 40249100136     PISSN: 15733750     EISSN: 15728315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11292-007-9045-x     Document Type: Article

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