Deterrence and Decision Making: Research Questions and Theoretical Refinements

Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 241-258

  Pogarsky, Greg ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambiguity Aversion; Attitude Transference; Crime Control; Criminal Behavior; Deterrent Effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 85125900739     PISSN: 13896903     EISSN: 2542839X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-0245-0_13     Document Type: Chapter

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