Offenders' risk-taking attitude inside and outside the prison walls

Risk Analysis

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1870-1881

  Gummerum, Michaela ^a   Hanoch, Yaniv ^a   Rolison, Jonathan J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Domain specific risk taking; Environment; Ex offenders; Incarcerated offenders

Indexed keywords

CRIME; HEALTH RISKS; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; PRISONS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

BEHAVIORAL RISKS; CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES; ENVIRONMENT; EX-OFFENDERS; INCARCERATED OFFENDERS; LIMITED ATTENTIONS; RISK TAKING; RISK-TAKING BEHAVIORS;

RISK PERCEPTION;

ATTITUDE; CRIME; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGY;

ATTITUDE; CRIME; HUMANS; PRISONERS; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 84911985167     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/risa.12222     Document Type: Article

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