TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2000//
TI  - Exploring gender role identity, value orientation of occupation and sex of respondent in influencing attitudes towards male and female offenders
JO  - Legal and criminological psychology
A1  - Murphy, Elizabeth
A1  - Brown, Jennifer
SP  - 285
EP  - 290
VL  - 5
IS  - 2
N2  - Objectives. This study extends work by Horn and Hollin (1997) in examining the role of sex, gender role and masculinity/femininity of occupational culture in expression of attitudes towards male and female offenders. Methods. Measures included Melvin, Gramling, and Gardner's (1985) attitudes towards prisoners and the Bem (1974) sex role type inventory (BSRI). Respondents (N= 157) represented masculine (engineering), feminine (nursing) and neutral (radiography) occupations. Results. There were no statistically significant main effects and only one significant interaction: men or women, having feminine gender values, working in a masculine occupation were harsher on women offenders than any other combination. Conclusion. Those with more masculine orientation had similar attitudes towards offenders as respondents having a feminine gender role orientation. The interactional effect suggests an influence of occupational socialization rather than social gender expectations. The evidence for a convergence of attitudes towards male and female offenders remains inconclusive. Possible applications to the criminal justice system are discussed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p> 
LA  - en
SN  - 1355-3259
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1348/135532500168047
ID  - ref1
ER  -