RT Article
T1 Time and Punishment: Delayed Consequences and Criminal Behavior
JF Journal of quantitative criminology
VO 20
IS 4
SP 295
OP 317
A1 Nagin, Daniel 1948-
A2 Pogarsky, Greg
LA English
YR 2004
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1764280342
AB This article develops two distinct explanations for the failure of potential consequences to influence behavior. Discounting is the tendency to deliberatively devalue the future. In contrast, poor impulse control refers to the failure to consider the future. The implications of this distinction were investigated with data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health. The study produced several findings. First, both forms of present-orientation independently predicted a range of problem outcomes among respondents. Second, high discounting was a better predictor of deliberative or future-related problem outcomes, whereas poor impulse control was a better predictor of urge driven behaviors or conduct involving little forethought. Third, only poor impulse control but not high discounting predicted violent offending among respondents. While both forms of present-orientation were associated with property offending, high discounting was a stronger and more consistent predictor. These three findings were far more evident for males than they were for females.
K1 adolescent health
K1 Add Health
K1 discounting
K1 Self-control
K1 Impulsivity
DO 10.1007/s10940-004-5866-1