The prevalence of middle eastern extremist ideologies among some canadian offenders.

Publisher: Sage Publications Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 8700910 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1552-6518 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 08862605 NLM ISO Abbreviation: J Interpers Violence Subsets: MEDLINE

Publication: Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publications
Original Publication: [Beverly Hills, CA] : Sage Publications, [c1986-

Cultural Characteristics* ; Religion and Psychology*; Islam/*psychology ; Spouse Abuse/*ethnology ; Spouses/*ethnology; Adult ; Aggression/psychology ; Attitude to Health/ethnology ; Canada/epidemiology ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Middle East/ethnology ; Power, Psychological ; Prevalence ; Self Concept ; Spouse Abuse/statistics & numerical data ; Spouses/psychology ; Young Adult

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.

Date Created: 20090709 Date Completed: 20100614 Latest Revision: 20191210

20221213

10.1177/0886260509336966

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