At the Mercy of the Prisoner Next Door. Using an Experimental Measure of Selfishness as a Criminological Tool

Do criminals maximise money? Are criminals more or less selfish than the average subject? Can prisons apply measures that reduce the degree of selfishness of their inmates? Using a tried and tested tool from experimental economics, we cast new light on these old criminological questions. In a standa...

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1. VerfasserIn: Christoph Engel (VerfasserIn)
Beteiligte: Thorsten Chmura ; Thomas Pitz ; Markus Englerth
Medienart: Elektronisch Buch
Sprache:Englisch
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