Prisoners' positive illusions of their post-release success

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 631-647

  Dhami, Mandeep K ^a   Mandel, David R ^b   Loewenstein, George ^c   Ayton, Peter ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Forecasts; Imprisonment; Prisoner release; Self enhancement bias; Unrealistic optimism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CRIMINOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; FORECASTING; HUMAN; ILLUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRISON; PRISONER; RECIDIVISM; SELF EVALUATION; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CRIME; CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY; CRIMINOLOGY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EMPLOYMENT; FORECASTING; GREAT BRITAIN; HOUSING; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRISONERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF EFFICACY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33751516320     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10979-006-9040-1     Document Type: Article

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