Tangney June Price, Mashek Debra, Stuewig Jeffrey
George Mason University.
J Soc Clin Psychol. 2007 Jan 1;26(1):1-21. doi: 10.1521/jscp.2007.26.1.1.
This paper describes our attempt to import social-personality theory and research on moral emotions and moral cognitions to applied problems of crime, substance abuse, and HIV risk behavior. Thus far, in an inmate sample, we have evidence that criminogenic beliefs and proneness to guilt are each predictive of re-offense after release from jail. In addition, we have evidence that jail programs and services may reduce criminogenic beliefs and enhance adaptive feelings of guilt. As our sample size increases, our next step is to test the full mediational model, examining the degree to which programs and services impact post-release desistance via their effect on moral emotions and cognitions. In addition to highlighting some of the key findings from our longitudinal study of jail inmates over the period of incarceration and post-release, we describe the origins and development of this interdisciplinary project, highlighting the challenges and rewards of such endeavors.
本文描述了我们尝试将社会人格理论以及关于道德情感和道德认知的研究应用于犯罪、药物滥用和艾滋病毒风险行为等实际问题的过程。到目前为止，在一个囚犯样本中，我们有证据表明，犯罪ogenic信念和内疚倾向各自都能预测出狱后的再次犯罪。此外，我们有证据表明，监狱项目和服务可能会减少犯罪ogenic信念，并增强适应性的内疚感。随着我们样本量的增加，我们的下一步是测试完整的中介模型，研究项目和服务通过对道德情感和认知的影响，在多大程度上影响出狱后的停止犯罪行为。除了强调我们对监狱囚犯在监禁期间和出狱后的纵向研究中的一些关键发现外，我们还描述了这个跨学科项目的起源和发展，突出了此类努力所面临的挑战和回报。
