Topic 1 - Palmer and Hollin - Moral Development

Question 1

What was the aim?

Answer 1

Investigated whether young offenders differed in their moral development compared to non-offenders

Question 2

What was the sample?

Answer 2

126 convicted male offenders aged between 12 and 21

Question 3

How was the sample obtained?

Answer 3

Obtained through a Young Offenders Institution and at Magistrates’ Courts

Question 4

What was the comparison group?

Answer 4

332 non-offenders aged 13 to 22 (210 females, 122 males)

Question 5

How was the comparison group obtained?

Answer 5

Obtained through schools and a Uni in West Midlands

Question 6

What was the procedure?

Answer 6

2 Questionnaires done - SRM-SF and SRD

Question 7

What is the SRM-SF?

Answer 7

Sociomoral Reflection Measure - Short Form

Question 8

What were the findings from the SRM-SF?

Answer 8

Found the male offenders had least mature moral reasoning (pre-conventional level)

Question 9

What was asked in the SRM-SF?

Answer 9

Asks moral reasoning

Question 10

What was SRD?

Answer 10

Self-Reported Delinquency Checklist

Question 11

What was the SRD measuring?

Answer 11

Delinquent Behaviour

Question 12

What was the conclusion?

Answer 12

Concluded that young male delinquents seem to have deficits in their moral reasoning