ound, do they differ depending upon whether personnel are patrol officers, correcgraphics in the selected sample of law enforcement personnel; and if relationships are found, do they differ depending upon whether personnel are patrol officers, correctional officers, or sheriffs?
(2) Are there any systematic relationships between level of moral reasoning and the examined personality traits in the selected sample of law enforcement personnel; and if relationships are found, do they differ depending upon whether personnel are patrol officers, correctional officers, or sheriffs?
(3) Do patrol officers, correctional officers, and sheriffs differ in their levels of moral reasoning?
Existing research on the moral reasoning of law enforcement personnel is sparse. This means that the literature does not provide a firm foundation for the formulation of directional hypotheses. For this reason, all hypotheses formulated for testing in the proposed study are stated as null theses. These null hypotheses are:
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