Kenneth Wagner
Biographic Data
| ID | 3640671 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kenneth Wagner |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kenneth |
| FAMILY NAME | Wagner |
| SIGNATURE | WAGNER K |
| AFFILIATIONS | California State University Los Angeles |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Not Wild about Wildlife Protection? The Perceived Harmfulness, Wrongfulness, and Seriousness of Wildlife Crimes
The purpose of this research was to explore the perceived harmfulness, wrongfulness, and seriousness of wildlife crimes, such as illegal or unlicensed hunting or fishing. Research questions included how offenses against wildlife are perceived, compared to offenses against persons and property, and how perceptions of harmfulness and wrongfulness impact perceptions of wildlife offense seriousness. A survey modeled after previous studies of crime se…
What Makes a Crime
The purpose of this research was to explore the perceived seriousness of crimes, such as abuse and neglect, committed against nonhuman animals. Drawing upon the methods of previous work on crime seriousness, it was hypothesized that perceptions of the harmfulness and wrongfulness of animal offenses would influence perceptions of seriousness, with wrongfulness being the most powerful predictor. A survey was administered to a sample of college stud…
A Replication of the Specter of Authoritarianism among Criminal Justice Majors
Authoritarian personality types possess characteristics that are especially troubling if found among criminal justice (CJ) professionals. Recent research found significantly higher Right-Wing Authoritarianism (RWA) scores in male college students majoring in CJ than in male nonmajors as well as significantly higher scores among lower division students than their upper division counterparts. However, the results of that study were limited because …
The Specter of Authoritarianism Among Criminal Justice Majors
Authoritarianism has been an influential concept in social science research. Furthermore, researchers have long been concerned about the potential dangers of authoritarianism within the criminal justice system. The current study uses Altemeyer’s RWA Scale to measure and compare levels of authoritarianism between criminal justice majors and non‐criminal justice majors in a sample of undergraduate students. Results indicate that criminal justice ma…
Explaining School Corporal Punishment
Humanism in Search of a Framework
Alfred McClung Lee. Sociology for Whom? Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1986 (2d edition). $12.95 (paper
The Civic Awareness of Five and Six Year Olds
IT is generally accepted in the behavioral sciences that reality is perceived individualistically, that behavior is to a large extent based on the individual's perception of and interaction with his environment, and that adult affective and cognitive mental structures are the outgrowth of the child's development.1 Consequently, students of political socialization have in the last decade and a half given much attention to the political awareness o…
Explaining School Corporal Punishment
The Civic Awareness of Five and Six Year Olds
IT is generally accepted in the behavioral sciences that reality is perceived individualistically, that behavior is to a large extent based on the individual's perception of and interaction with his environment, and that adult affective and cognitive mental structures are the outgrowth of the child's development.1 Consequently, students of political socialization have in the last decade and a half given much attention to the political awareness o…
The Civic Awareness of Five and Six Year Olds
IT is generally accepted in the behavioral sciences that reality is perceived individualistically, that behavior is to a large extent based on the individual's perception of and interaction with his environment, and that adult affective and cognitive mental structures are the outgrowth of the child's development.1 Consequently, students of political socialization have in the last decade and a half given much attention to the political awareness o…
Humanism in Search of a Framework
Alfred McClung Lee. Sociology for Whom? Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1986 (2d edition). $12.95 (paper
Explaining School Corporal Punishment
The Specter of Authoritarianism Among Criminal Justice Majors
Authoritarianism has been an influential concept in social science research. Furthermore, researchers have long been concerned about the potential dangers of authoritarianism within the criminal justice system. The current study uses Altemeyer’s RWA Scale to measure and compare levels of authoritarianism between criminal justice majors and non‐criminal justice majors in a sample of undergraduate students. Results indicate that criminal justice ma…
A Replication of the Specter of Authoritarianism among Criminal Justice Majors
Authoritarian personality types possess characteristics that are especially troubling if found among criminal justice (CJ) professionals. Recent research found significantly higher Right-Wing Authoritarianism (RWA) scores in male college students majoring in CJ than in male nonmajors as well as significantly higher scores among lower division students than their upper division counterparts. However, the results of that study were limited because …
What Makes a Crime
The purpose of this research was to explore the perceived seriousness of crimes, such as abuse and neglect, committed against nonhuman animals. Drawing upon the methods of previous work on crime seriousness, it was hypothesized that perceptions of the harmfulness and wrongfulness of animal offenses would influence perceptions of seriousness, with wrongfulness being the most powerful predictor. A survey was administered to a sample of college stud…
Not Wild about Wildlife Protection? The Perceived Harmfulness, Wrongfulness, and Seriousness of Wildlife Crimes
The purpose of this research was to explore the perceived harmfulness, wrongfulness, and seriousness of wildlife crimes, such as illegal or unlicensed hunting or fishing. Research questions included how offenses against wildlife are perceived, compared to offenses against persons and property, and how perceptions of harmfulness and wrongfulness impact perceptions of wildlife offense seriousness. A survey modeled after previous studies of crime se…
Political science (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Criminology (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Perception (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Authoritarianism (2 works)