TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Moral Development and Recidivism: A Meta-Analysis
JO  - International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
A1  - Van Vugt, Eveline
A1  - Gibbs, John
A1  - Stams, Geert Jan
A1  - Bijleveld, Catrien
A1  - Hendriks, Jan
A1  - van der Laan, Peter
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - A meta-analysis of 19 studies (N = 15,992 offenders) showed a significant inverse relation between more mature moral development and recidivism. Moderator analyses revealed a larger effect size for moral cognition (r = .20) than for moral emotion (r = .11). Effect sizes for production measures (r = .57) were much larger than for recognition measures (r = .16) and unstructured (clinical) judgment (r = .10). Larger effect sizes were found for female delinquents (r = .32) than for male delinquents (r = .21).Only small differences in effect sizes were found between juvenile delinquents (r = .10) and adult delinquents (r = .16). Finally, self-report measures of recidivism revealed much larger effect sizes (r = .32) than official reports of recidivism (r = .09). The discussion focuses on the theoretical and practical meaning of the magnitude of the effect size for the relation between moral development and recidivism.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0306-624X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0306624X10396441
ID  - ref1
ER  -