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Machiavellianism and attitudes towards the police
Author(s) -
KEENAN A.,
CLARKSON VALERIE
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
journal of occupational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 2044-8325
pISSN - 0305-8107
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8325.1977.tb00354.x
Subject(s) - machiavellianism , psychology , social psychology , scale (ratio) , perception , personality , big five personality traits , geography , cartography , neuroscience
Seventy‐nine students completed a questionnaire designed to measure their attitudes towards the police in Britain. In addition they were asked to fill in Christie's Machiavellianism scale. In general, high Machiavellianism was associated with negative attitudes towards the police. The favourability of respondents' views about the police varied greatly with the particular aspect of police behaviour under consideration. Differential perceptions of the police with respect to Machiavellianism are discussed in terms of the occupational role of the policeman.