Conscience Functioning and its Developmental Delays in Dutch Female Offenders

According to the integrative theory of conscience, conscience is defined as a psychological function, consisting of interrelated and reciprocally influencing aspects: the capacity for empathy, the tendency to experience self-conscious emotions, and moral reasoning. Previous research in Dutch populations suggests that offenders have lower conscience functioning than non-offenders, but that female offenders may have fewer deficiencies than male offenders and that the underlying pattern may differ. However, little is known about the conscience of female offenders compared to non-offending women.... Mehr ...