Predicting differences in the perceived relevance of crime's costs and benefits in a test of rational choice theory

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 461-485

  Bouffard, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consequences; Individual differences; Perceived relevance; Rational choice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRIME; DEMOGRAPHY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; POLICY; PREDICTION; PREVENTION STUDY; TEST OF RATIONAL CHOICE THEORY; THEORETICAL STUDY; THEORY; THEORY-PRACTICE RELATIONSHIP;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ATTITUDE; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRIME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34447309020     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: 15526933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X06294136     Document Type: Article

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