ERIC Number: EJ758952
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007-Apr
Pages: 13
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Attitudes of Juvenile Justice Staff towards Intellectual, Psychiatric, and Physical Disabilities
Caldwell, Ann Cameron
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, v45 n2 p77-89 Apr 2007
Juvenile justice employees' attitudes towards diverse impairments and their ideological and demographic predictors were examined. Supporting theories are that attitudes are comprised of ideological constructs and demographic variables and that there is a hierarchy of disability present in attitudes towards diverse disabilities. A cross-sectional design with quantitative measures was used. Results indicate that attitudes towards different types of disabilities vary considerably and are hierarchical in nature and that independent variables of demographics, social desirability in responding, and ideological constructs of social dominance orientation, normativism, and humanism have some effects on attitude outcomes, but not universally.
Descriptors: Physical Disabilities, Juvenile Justice, Social Desirability, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Ideology, Mental Disorders, Case Studies, Statistical Analysis, Caseworkers
American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. P.O. Box 7065, Lawrence, KS 66044-7065. Tel: 785-843-1235; Fax: 785-843-1274; e-mail: AJMR@allenpress.com; Web site: http://aamr.allenpress.com
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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