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Table 1 Attitudes Toward Prisoners scale (ATP) mean scores in different sub-samples.

From: Attitudes towards prisoners, as reported by prison inmates, prison employees and college students

Study sample

N

Mean ATP (SD, range)

Student's t-test (p-value)

Total sample

   

   Total

868

97 (17.9, 33–140)

 

   Males

511

98 (18.5, 33–140)

 

   Females

335

97 (17.0, 48–137)

0.76 (.45)

   Prison inmates

298

106 (16.5, 50–140)

 

   Prison employees

387

93 (16.6, 34–134)

 

   College students

183

91 (17.6, 33–130)

60.3 (<.001)1

Prison inmates

   

   Males

247

105 (16.3, 67–140)

 

   Females

51

107 (17.7, 50–137)

-0.65 (.52)

   Remanded

70

102 (16.3, 67–135)

 

   Convicted

203

107 (16.8, 50–140)

-2.01 (.045)

Prison employees

   

   Males

204

92 (16.2, 34–134)

 

   Females

163

96 (16.8, 48–129)

-2.50 (.01)

   Prison officers

222

90 (16.8, 34–129)

 

   Other employees

151

98 (15.6, 62–134)

-4.87 (<.001)

   Working in male prison

321

92 (17.0, 34–134)

 

   Working in female prison

66

100 (12.2, 68–127)

-3.81 (<.001)

College students

   

   Males

60

86 (20.9, 33–127)

 

   Females

121

93 (15.2, 61–130)

-2.53 (.01)

   Business economics

82

85 (17.9, 33–130)

 

   History

20

95 (19.4, 44–125)

 

   Nursing

81

96 (15.2, 62–127)

8.46 (<.001) 2

  1. As not all informants have answered all demographic questions, sub-sample numbers do not always add up to the sum total.
  2. 1 One-way ANOVA. Scheffe's post-hoc tests: Inmates statistically different from prison employees and students at the .05-level
  3. 2 One-way ANOVA. Scheffe's post-hoc tests: Business economics students statistically different from nursing students at the .05-level