If there is agency and some decision-making process entailed in criminal behavior, then
what are the incentives for crime and for conformity, and what is their role in offending …

The interplay of sanctions, perceptions, and crime has special significance in criminology
and is central to a long tradition of perceptual deterrence research as well as to more recent …

In the last few decades, rational choice theory has emerged as a bedrock theory in the fields
of economics, sociology, psychology, and political science. Although rational choice theory …

Most leading crime theories and crime‐control policies are based on the assumption that
people are self‐interested. But recent work in a variety of fields has challenged this …

The relevance of several cognitive heuristics and related biases for rational choice
perspectives on crime, and for perceptions of sanction risk, were investigated. We present …

In a field experiment, we use a novel method to test whether instilling a greater sense of
vividness of the future self motivates people to act in a more future‐oriented way and …

Eighty years ago, Edwin H. Sutherland conceptualized and defined white‐collar crime. In
this article, I engage retrospectively with Sutherland's ideas and work to emphasize …

There are more than 20 theories that explain crime. Each theory has weaknesses, and no
scholar knows which theory is best. To remedy this unsatisfactory situation a new research …

Celerity—meaning the swiftness of punishment—is arguably the most overlooked element of
deterrence theory. Scholars often neglect discussing it, at least in part, because of the …

Objectives To investigate how peer dynamics, specifically interpersonal conversations
between a potential offender and a peer, contemporaneous with a crime opportunity …