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 …

The Psychology of Criminal Conduct, Seventh Edition, provides a psychological and
evidence-informed perspective of criminal behavior that sets it apart from many …

Objectives This study investigates the effectiveness of immersive 360° video technology in
evoking and manipulating two emotions, anger, and sexual arousal, relevant to criminal …

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

Abstract Research Question Did a 15-min patrol delivery over 1 day reduce serious violent
crime in large hot spots (mean size= 2 km× 2 km), without displacing such crimes to nearby …

Deterrence research has evolved in two distinct, nonoverlapping literatures. One literature is
evaluative in nature and examines issues such as: How do police numbers and patrol tactics …

Objective: In this study, we investigate extremists' appraisals of and sensitivity to perceived
sanction risk during the commission of arson. We pay specific attention to the decision …

Research Summary This study examines the independent and joint effect of ambiguity and
perceived certainty of apprehension on law‐breaking decision‐making. Data come from a …

Purpose Procedurally just policing positively affects legitimacy regardless of differences in
some demographic and neighborhood characteristics. Yet, less is known about how critical …

This special issue is the result of a workshop held on 22 October 2021 at the Max Planck
Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law in Freiburg, Germany. The reason for …