Offenders have higher delay-discounting rates than non-offenders after controlling for differences in drug and alcohol abuse
Purpose. Do criminal offenders discount future rewards more rapidly than non-offenders? Theories of criminality assume that impulsivity is a key predictor of offending and suggest an affirmative answer, but there are no prior relevant studies with adult offenders and the only previous study with juv...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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2013
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Legal and criminological psychology
Year: 2013, Volume: 18, Issue: 2, Pages: 240-253 |
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