Criminals score highest on authoritarian and prejudice scales, yet are politically conservative

Evidence

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, 515 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Criminal populations scored highest on authoritarianism, not as rebels but as conservatives — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology: Key Readings, 514; Prisoners scored highest on authoritarian scales while holding conservative patriotic views — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 515; Many conservatives differ from violent authoritarians only in degree, not kind — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 3771 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Prisoners scored highest on authoritarian scales while holding conservative patriotic views #corroborates (0.95) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 515