Table 2.

Correlations between the dependent and independent variables.

	Gender	Ethnic origin	Acting	Religious affiliation	Risk of recidivism	Threat to society	Threat to security	Severity sentence	Aggressiveness	Culpability	SDO–D	SDO–E
Gender	—
Ethnic origin	−.154**	—
Acting	−.008	.114*	—
Religious affiliation	.002	.163**	.299**	—
Risk of recidivism	−.039	.109*	.378**	.435**	—
Threat to society	.031	.005	.459**	.316**	.417**	—
Threat to security	−.067	.008	.413**	.237**	.466**	.536**	—
Severity sentence	−.065	.056	.473**	.262**	.442**	.488**	.506**	—
Aggressiveness	−.102*	.062	.431**	.294**	.441**	.454**	.488**	.440**	—
Culpability	−.133**	.033	.435**	.210**	.355**	.389**	.431**	.571**	.400	—
SDO–D	−.088	.061	.155**	.172**	.192**	.232**	.162**	.248**	.123*	.182*	—
SDO–E	−.037	.041	.078	.086	.127*	.105*	.071	.215**	−.024	.131**	.553**	—

Note: SDO–D = Social Dominance Orientation–Dominant; SDO–E = Social Dominance Orientation–Egalitarian.

*p < .05. **p < .01.