Testing the transitivity of reported risk perceptions: evidence of coherent arbitrariness

An often implicit assumption of perceptual deterrence tests is that the elicited values pertaining to arrest risk reflect stable underlying beliefs. But researchers in other disciplines have found that reported expectations are highly susceptible to exogenous factors (e.g., anchors and question orde...

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Authors: Thomas, Kyle J. (Author) ; Hamilton, Benjamin C. (Author) ; Loughran, Thomas A. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2018
In: Criminology
Year: 2018, Volume: 56, Issue: 1, Pages: 59–86
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