Testing a rational choice model of “desistance:”: decomposing changing expectations and changing utilities
We argue that a rational choice framework can be used to explain declines in offending from adolescence to young adulthood in two ways. First, subjective expectations of offending can be age graded such that perceptions of rewards decrease and perceptions of risks and costs increase. Second, the mar...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | German |
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2019
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Criminology
Year: 2019, Volume: 57, Issue: 4, Pages: 687-714 |
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