Gender Differences in the Presentation of Antisocial Attitudes

• In Event: Specifying the Relationship between Delinquent Attitudes, Neutralization Techniques and Delinquency

Abstract

Scholars have noted that antisocial attitudes "look" different between males and females, yet there is little to no investigation of this claim. The current study uses data from 400 undergraduate students to examine whether there are gender differences in the Criminogenic Cognitions Scale and in subscales from the TCU Criminal Thinking Scales. Measurement and structural invariance techniques are used to examine whether: (1) the factor structure of the scales are the same for males and females, (2) there is differential item functioning in the items, and (3) whether the factor means and covariances differ between males and females.

Authors

• Jamie Vaske, Western Carolina University

• Krista Gehring, University of Houston - Downtown