TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of psychopathy factors and gang membership on moral disengagement while controlling for age, ethnicity, having run away from home, family member and/or friend arrests, substance misuse, parental physical fights, violence exposure (victimization and witnessing), and maternal warmth and hostility. Design/methodology/approach– The research is based on data collected from serious juvenile offenders (n=769) as part of the Pathways to Desistance Study. Findings– Six independent variables made a unique statistically significant contribution to the model: gang membership, age, gender, violence exposure, and psychopathy Factors 1 and 2. Psychopathy Factor 1 was the strongest predictor of moral disengagement. Originality/value– Results indicate that youth with heightened psychopathic traits make greater use of strategies to rationalize and justify their harmful behaviour against others. Implications in relation to theory and previous studies are discussed.
VL  - 5
IS  - 1
SN  - 2009-3829
DO  - 10.1108/JCP-11-2014-0016
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/JCP-11-2014-0016
AU  - Dhingra Katie
AU  - Debowska Agata
AU  - Sharratt Kathryn
AU  - Hyland Philip
AU  - Kola-Palmer Susanna
PY  - 2015
Y1  - 2015/01/01
TI  - Psychopathy, gang membership, and moral disengagement among juvenile offenders
T2  - Journal of Criminal Psychology
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 13
EP  - 24
Y2  - 2024/04/20
ER  -