"A Good Man Always Knows His Limitations": The Role of Overconfidence in Criminal Offending

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 327-358

  Loughran, Thomas A ^a   Paternoster, Raymond ^a   Piquero, Alex R ^b   Fagan, Jeffrey ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

deterrence; offending; overconfidence; risk p.

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879806909     PISSN: 00224278     EISSN: 1552731X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022427812459649     Document Type: Article

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