Self-control depletion and the general theory of crime

Journal of Quantitative Criminology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 263-277

  Muraven, Mark ^a   Pogarsky, Greg ^a   Shmueli, Dikla ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

A general theory of crime; Decision making; Deterrence; Experiment; Self control

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747741752     PISSN: 07484518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10940-006-9011-1     Document Type: Article

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