Political ideology predicts involvement in crime

John Paul Wright; Kevin M. Beaver; Mark Alden Morgan; Eric J. Connolly

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2016.10.062

Political ideology predicts involvement in crime

John Paul Wright, Kevin M. Beaver, Mark Alden Morgan, Eric J. Connolly

Division of Social Sciences (Abington)

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

9 Scopus citations

Abstract

Political ideology represents an imperfect yet important indicator of a host of personality traits and cognitive preferences. These preferences, in turn, seemingly propel liberals and conservatives towards divergent life-course experiences. Criminal behavior represents one particular domain of conduct where differences rooted in political ideology may exist. Using a national dataset, we test whether and to what extent political ideology is predictive of self-reported criminal behavior. Our results show that self-identified political ideology is monotonically related to criminal conduct cross-sectionally and prospectively and that liberals self-report more criminal conduct than do conservatives. We discuss potential causal mechanisms relating political ideology to individual conduct.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	236-241
Number of pages	6
Journal	Personality and Individual Differences
Volume	106
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2016.10.062
State	Published - Feb 1 2017

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

General Psychology

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Access to Document

10.1016/j.paid.2016.10.062

Cite this

@article{d46bee79c2464679b634e075b98d0f95,

title = "Political ideology predicts involvement in crime",

abstract = "Political ideology represents an imperfect yet important indicator of a host of personality traits and cognitive preferences. These preferences, in turn, seemingly propel liberals and conservatives towards divergent life-course experiences. Criminal behavior represents one particular domain of conduct where differences rooted in political ideology may exist. Using a national dataset, we test whether and to what extent political ideology is predictive of self-reported criminal behavior. Our results show that self-identified political ideology is monotonically related to criminal conduct cross-sectionally and prospectively and that liberals self-report more criminal conduct than do conservatives. We discuss potential causal mechanisms relating political ideology to individual conduct.",

author = "Wright, {John Paul} and Beaver, {Kevin M.} and Morgan, {Mark Alden} and Connolly, {Eric J.}",

note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2016 Elsevier Ltd",

year = "2017",

month = feb,

day = "1",

doi = "10.1016/j.paid.2016.10.062",

language = "English (US)",

volume = "106",

pages = "236--241",

journal = "Personality and Individual Differences",

issn = "0191-8869",

publisher = "Elsevier B.V.",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Political ideology predicts involvement in crime

AU - Wright, John Paul

AU - Beaver, Kevin M.

AU - Morgan, Mark Alden

AU - Connolly, Eric J.

PY - 2017/2/1

Y1 - 2017/2/1

N2 - Political ideology represents an imperfect yet important indicator of a host of personality traits and cognitive preferences. These preferences, in turn, seemingly propel liberals and conservatives towards divergent life-course experiences. Criminal behavior represents one particular domain of conduct where differences rooted in political ideology may exist. Using a national dataset, we test whether and to what extent political ideology is predictive of self-reported criminal behavior. Our results show that self-identified political ideology is monotonically related to criminal conduct cross-sectionally and prospectively and that liberals self-report more criminal conduct than do conservatives. We discuss potential causal mechanisms relating political ideology to individual conduct.

AB - Political ideology represents an imperfect yet important indicator of a host of personality traits and cognitive preferences. These preferences, in turn, seemingly propel liberals and conservatives towards divergent life-course experiences. Criminal behavior represents one particular domain of conduct where differences rooted in political ideology may exist. Using a national dataset, we test whether and to what extent political ideology is predictive of self-reported criminal behavior. Our results show that self-identified political ideology is monotonically related to criminal conduct cross-sectionally and prospectively and that liberals self-report more criminal conduct than do conservatives. We discuss potential causal mechanisms relating political ideology to individual conduct.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85000978466&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=85000978466&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1016/j.paid.2016.10.062

DO - 10.1016/j.paid.2016.10.062

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85000978466

SN - 0191-8869

VL - 106

SP - 236

EP - 241

JO - Personality and Individual Differences

JF - Personality and Individual Differences

ER -

Political ideology predicts involvement in crime

Abstract

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

UN SDGs

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this