An economic model of social sensitivity: The case of individual criminal behavior

In general, economists have modeled criminal behavior as a problem in time allocation under uncertainty. Their Friedman-Savage utility models have been based on the binomial probability distribution and then tested using aggregate data on crime rates and neglect the nonpecuniary aspects of crime. Th...

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Authors: Buck, Andrew J. (Author) ; Hakim, Simon (Author) ; Sagi, Eli (Author) ; Weinbladt, Johannes (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 1989
In: Journal of quantitative criminology
Year: 1989, Volume: 5, Issue: 4, Pages: 353-372
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Keywords:
crime in an age cohort
risk aversion and crime
individual criminal behavior
social sensitivity
Moral Sensitivity