RT Article
T1 Nudging and the choice architecture of offending decisions
JF Criminology & public policy
VO 18
IS 4
SP 823
OP 839
A1 Pogarsky, Greg
A2 Herman, Shaina
LA German
YR 2019
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1682140164
AB Deterring crime is often considered to be a process of information transmission (e.g., Geerken & Gove, 1975). Economic notions on incentives and choice have meshed well with this perspective (Becker, 1968; Matsueda, 2013). Behavioral economics, however, represents a source of further insights on offender decision‐making, particularly regarding information transmission to promote conformity. Pogarsky, Roche, and Pickett (2018) reviewed behavioral economic studies of offender decision‐making in criminology. In their review, they focused on prospect theory (Kahneman & Tversky, 1979), a behavioral economic model of decision‐making. More recently, Kahneman (2003, 2011) highlighted the dual‐process nature of behavioral economics, and Thaler and Sunstein (2009) elaborated some principles of nudging. These notions underscore dimensions of offending decisions beyond the perceived costs, risks, and benefits of crime.
K1 Behavioral economics
K1 Decision-making
K1 Deterrence
K1 Dual process
K1 Nudge
DO 10.1111/1745-9133.12470