Perceptual Deterrence and Desistance from Crime: A Study of Repetitive Serious Property Offenders in Tennessee, 1987-1988

For this data collection, offenders confined to prison were surveyed to examine the utility of deterrence theory variables as predictors of differential desistance from serious property crimes. The investigators also examined subjects' "criminal calculus," that is, their expectations...

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Main Author: Shover, Neal (Author)
Format: Electronic Research Data
Language:English
Published: [Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar] [Verlag nicht ermittelbar] 1993
In:Year: 1993
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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Keywords:
arrest records
Crime Prevention
criminal histories
criminality prediction
Deterrence
prison inmates
Property crimes
recidivists
Risk assessment
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