Gudjohnson and Bownes - attribution of blame
G543 - Turning to Crime
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- Gudjohnson and Bownes - attribution of blame
- Aim - To examine the relationship between type of offence and attribution of blame
- Gudjohnson and Bownes - attribution of blame
- 42 item 'blame attribution inventory'
- Aim - To examine the relationship between type of offence and attribution of blame
- Aim - To examine the relationship between type of offence and attribution of blame
- measures within three dimensions
- 42 item 'blame attribution inventory'
- Guilt
- 42 item 'blame attribution inventory'
- internal/external
- measures within three dimensions
- Guilt
- measures within three dimensions
- Mental Element
- 80 Criminals serving sentences in Northern Ireland
- Divided into three groups
- 20 Participants committed violent offences
- Divided into three groups
- Divided into three groups
- 40 Sex Offenders
- 20 Participants committed property offences
- Results
- Guilt
- Mental Element
- Guilt
- Internal/External
- Results
- Mental Element
- Results
- Violence - 8.1
- Sexual - 12.7
- Property - 5.5
- Violence 5.8
- Internal/External
- Internal/External
- Sexual - 2.4
- Property - 3.0
- Violence - 5.3
- Sexual - 5.7
- Property - 4.0
- Conclusions
- When compared to English violent prisoners Irish violent Prisoners showed ...
- Conclusions
- Conclusions
- Lower Mental Element
- When compared to English violent prisoners Irish violent Prisoners showed ...
- When compared to English violent prisoners Irish violent Prisoners showed ...
- Lower Guilt
- Higher external Attribution
- This was the only difference - the violence could be because of the violence prevalent in Ireland at the time
- Sample size is different for one group
- 80 Criminals serving sentences in Northern Ireland
- 80 Criminals serving sentences in Northern Ireland
- Decrease Validity
- Sample size is different for one group
- Sample size is different for one group
- Attribution theory (Heider 1958)
- Locus of control
- Unavaliable to Public
- Low Trans-cultural Validity
- This was the only difference - the violence could be because of the violence prevalent in Ireland at the time
- This was the only difference - the violence could be because of the violence prevalent in Ireland at the time
- Ethnocentric
- Reductionist - does not consider situation only individual
- Holistic - looks at multiple crimes
- Low Ecological Validity
- Increased external Reliability
- increased Internal Reliability - all took the same test - consistency
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