TY - JOUR
T1 - Honesty-humility and criminal behavior among imprisoned criminal offenders
AU - Scigala, Karolina Aleksandra
AU - Ruhara, Nico
AU - Nitschke, Joachim
AU - Pfattheicher, Stefan
PY - 2022/12
Y1 - 2022/12
N2 - Does the basic prosocial trait of Honesty-Humility predict crime? We test whether Honesty-Humility (1) differentiates between imprisoned criminal offenders and the national population, (2) predicts the frequency of criminal behavior (the number of reported crimes), and (3) predicts the type of crime leading to imprisonment (violent, non-violent, and sexual). We found that imprisoned criminal offenders had lower levels of Honesty-Humility than the national population, but Honesty-Humility did not predict the number of reported crimes and the type of crime leading to imprisonment in this group. Additionally, we examined if Honesty-Humility predicts violent (defensive and sadistic aggression) and non-violent (cheating) lab antisocial behavior among imprisoned criminal offenders. We found that Honesty-Humility negatively predicted violent, but it did not significantly relate to non-violent antisocial behavior in this group.
AB - Does the basic prosocial trait of Honesty-Humility predict crime? We test whether Honesty-Humility (1) differentiates between imprisoned criminal offenders and the national population, (2) predicts the frequency of criminal behavior (the number of reported crimes), and (3) predicts the type of crime leading to imprisonment (violent, non-violent, and sexual). We found that imprisoned criminal offenders had lower levels of Honesty-Humility than the national population, but Honesty-Humility did not predict the number of reported crimes and the type of crime leading to imprisonment in this group. Additionally, we examined if Honesty-Humility predicts violent (defensive and sadistic aggression) and non-violent (cheating) lab antisocial behavior among imprisoned criminal offenders. We found that Honesty-Humility negatively predicted violent, but it did not significantly relate to non-violent antisocial behavior in this group.
KW - Honesty-Humility
KW - Criminal behavior
KW - Crime
KW - Antisocial behavior
KW - Prisoners
KW - Criminal offenders
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85144132236&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jrp.2022.104289
DO - 10.1016/j.jrp.2022.104289
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0092-6566
VL - 101
JO - Journal of Research in Personality
JF - Journal of Research in Personality
M1 - 104289
ER -