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Voter Worldview And Presidential Candidate Choice., Thomas Allen Kulbickas
Voter Worldview And Presidential Candidate Choice., Thomas Allen Kulbickas
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Research has shown a relationship between having a strict father upbringing, defined by rules reinforcement and self-discipline beliefs, and the presence of high levels of social dominance orientation (SDO) and right-wing authoritarianism (RWA). The relationship between these variables and issue choice has been established, but no study has explored the connection between parental upbringing and moral foundations. Furthermore, the connection to political candidate choice has not been shown. This study investigated the relationship between people's parental upbringing beliefs, their adult morality, and their rating of ideal presidential candidate characteristics. Based on the moral foundation theory, a mixed methods study was …
Varying Levels Of Morality Awareness In Corrections Officers, William L. Hanna
Varying Levels Of Morality Awareness In Corrections Officers, William L. Hanna
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Morality has been a focus in criminal justice with recent events involving officers. This quantitative study offered research in the criminal justice field regarding the moral awareness of corrections officers. The main research question investigated the relationship between the security level of the prison unit in which a corrections officer works and his or her level of morality awareness. The study surveyed corrections officers of prison units in the Ohio Department of Rehabilitations and Corrections and focused on morality awareness of corrections officers. The independent variable was the security level of the prison unit worked in. The dependent variables were …