Add to ORKGWe show that whatever the representation of criminals' preferences under risk, the assumption according to which they are strongly risk averse individuals is not consistent with the available observations establishing that criminals are more sensitive to shifts in the probability of sanction than to changes in the level of the sanction. We suggest that: 1/ while a weakening of the risk aversion assumption may be useful, the risk seeking assumption may be better suited for criminals; 2/ the relevant assumption regarding criminals' risk attitude may depend on the policy instruments that models of crime deterrence take into account; 3/ additional experiments, including both monetary penalties and non monetary sanctions would be useful in order...
The empirical literature on deterrence tends to find stronger and more consistent evidence in suppor...
In this paper we present the results of a lab experiment identifying the main cognitive and behavior...
This paper considers the psychology of risk perception in worry about crime. A survey-based study re...
We show that whatever the representation of criminals' preferences under risk, the assumption accord...
There is a 250-year-old presumption in the criminology and law enforcement literature that people ar...
Who commits crime? Theoretically, risk-tolerant and impatient people are more likely to commit crime...
In the law enforcement literature there is a presumption—supported by some experimental and economet...
It is commonly assumed that potential offenders are more responsive to increases in the certainty th...
In the law enforcement literature there is a presumption—supported by some experimental and economet...
Deterrence theorists and researchers have argued that the critical dimension of sanction certainty ...
Abstract. In the late 60s, Gary Becker incorporated into his formal model of deterrence theory an ex...
A common presumption, supported by some empirical evidence, is that the certainty of punishment is a...
In the late 60s, Gary Becker incorporated into his formal model of deterrence theory an explicit sta...
Crime surveys typically ask respondents how ‘likely’ they think it is that they will become a crime ...
Objectives to test whether individuals differ in deterrability by studying whether the effect of cri...
The empirical literature on deterrence tends to find stronger and more consistent evidence in suppor...
In this paper we present the results of a lab experiment identifying the main cognitive and behavior...
This paper considers the psychology of risk perception in worry about crime. A survey-based study re...
We show that whatever the representation of criminals' preferences under risk, the assumption accord...
There is a 250-year-old presumption in the criminology and law enforcement literature that people ar...
Who commits crime? Theoretically, risk-tolerant and impatient people are more likely to commit crime...
In the law enforcement literature there is a presumption—supported by some experimental and economet...
It is commonly assumed that potential offenders are more responsive to increases in the certainty th...
In the law enforcement literature there is a presumption—supported by some experimental and economet...
Deterrence theorists and researchers have argued that the critical dimension of sanction certainty ...
Abstract. In the late 60s, Gary Becker incorporated into his formal model of deterrence theory an ex...
A common presumption, supported by some empirical evidence, is that the certainty of punishment is a...
In the late 60s, Gary Becker incorporated into his formal model of deterrence theory an explicit sta...
Crime surveys typically ask respondents how ‘likely’ they think it is that they will become a crime ...
Objectives to test whether individuals differ in deterrability by studying whether the effect of cri...
The empirical literature on deterrence tends to find stronger and more consistent evidence in suppor...
In this paper we present the results of a lab experiment identifying the main cognitive and behavior...
This paper considers the psychology of risk perception in worry about crime. A survey-based study re...