The prevalence of middle eastern extremist ideologies among some canadian offenders.
J Interpers Violence
; 25(5): 919-28, 2010 May.
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| ID: mdl-19584405
ABSTRACT
The Belief Diversity Scale (BDS) was administered to 89 male Canadian offenders of different religious backgrounds. The BDS is a 33-item, sixsubscale instrument designed to quantitatively measure the religious attitudes, beliefs, and ideologies of Middle Eastern extremists on risk areas described in the literature. Results indicated that the Muslim offenders scored much higher than and significantly different from both the Christian and atheist groups on the BDS. Results also suggested the prevalence of Middle Eastern extremist ideologies among the Muslim offenders involved in this study.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Religión y Psicología
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Maltrato Conyugal
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Esposos
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Características Culturales
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Islamismo
Tipo de estudio:
Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
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Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Interpers Violence
Asunto de la revista:
CIENCIAS SOCIAIS
Año:
2010
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Canadá