Time and Punishment: Delayed Consequences and Criminal Behavior

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...

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Authors: Nagin, Daniel 1948- (Author) ; Pogarsky, Greg (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2004
In: Journal of quantitative criminology
Year: 2004, Volume: 20, Issue: 4, Pages: 295-317
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