Criminal populations scored highest on authoritarianism, not as rebels but as conservatives
Evidence
Among the many groups of subjects who participated in the Berkeley study there were two of particular interest: 110 inmates of San Quentin Prison and 121 patients at the Langley-Porter Psychiatric Clinic. Both groups of subjects filled out the E, PEC, and F scales. The psychiatric patients were slightly but not significantly lower than the mean of all other groups tested on the E Scale. There was a tendency for neurosis to go with low scores and psychosis with moderately high scores. … The prisoners produced the highest mean scores of all groups tested on the E, PEC, and F scales. The criminal types represented in the San Quentin population were not, it seems, rebels against established authority. On the contrary, they were politically and economically conservative types, highly patriotic, and filled with hatred for submerged ethnic groups. — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 514
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Criminals score highest on authoritarian and prejudice scales, yet are politically conservative; Prisoners scored highest on authoritarian scales while holding conservative patriotic views — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 515; Conservative legislators score higher on right-wing authoritarianism than liberals do (+1 more)
Broader Connections
- Criminals score highest on authoritarian and prejudice scales, yet are politically conservative
#corroborates(0.95) - Prisoners scored highest on authoritarian scales while holding conservative patriotic views
#corroborates(0.95) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 515 - Conservative legislators score higher on right-wing authoritarianism than liberals do
#corroborates(0.72) - Authoritarians punish lower-status offenders far more harshly than higher-status ones.
#expands(0.70)