Purpose Assess whether individual differences systematically influence perceptions of risk,
social costs, and rewards of engaging in crime. Methods The current study subjected …

Psychopathy, Machiavellianism, and narcissism comprise the dark triad of personality.
Primarily based on the self-report of one individual, most research on these personality traits …

Objectives This study integrated offending motivation and opportunity to assess (1) whether
perceptions of offending rewards and unstructured socialization influence offending;(2) …

Researchers have suggested that psychopathic traits among adults may be, at least in part,
an adaptive and/or a learned response for securing socially adaptive outcomes in adverse …

Psychopathic traits are sometimes viewed as an alternative reproductive strategy that
prioritizes mating over parental investment, particularly in men. Two aspects of this research …

Research on the role of risk perception as a mechanism linking personality traits and
behavioral outcomes is limited. The current study assessed a developmental model of the …

Psychopathic traits (PTs) are a constellation of traits and behavior that places individuals at-
risk for engaging in lifelong chronic and severe antisociality, particularly among boys and …

This study investigates the thrill of criminal behavior, specifically, and longitudinally
examines factors that promote these thrilling perceptions by investigating relevant contextual …

The purpose of this transcendental phenomenological study was to explore how law
enforcement officers in Los Angeles County described their lived experiences of engaging in …

The rational choice perspective has a storied history dating back to the enlightenment period
of the 1700s. In criminology, the perspective has undergone several revisions, testing, and …