RT Article
T1 Decision Making in the Real World: Unpacking the Black Box of the Decision Process for Youth Violence
JF Crime & delinquency
VO 70
IS 10
SP 2563
OP 2594
A1 Gibbs, Carole
A2 Cobbina-Dungy, Jennifer
A2 De Biasi, Alaina
A2 Rivers, Louie
A2 Light, Jessica
A2 Momenee, Taylor
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1897257503
AB Criminologists typically test rational choice theory by examining the relationship between one aspect of decision making—the perceived costs and benefits of crime—and the likelihood of crime, primarily using (experimental) surveys that lack consideration of the neighborhood context. Building on decades of research in the risk and decision sciences, the current study utilizes broader models of decision making to qualitatively examine how youth living in concentrated disadvantage make decisions during incidents of violence. Our thematic analysis of 22 in-depth interviews with youth in a midsize midwestern city indicates that the decision process regarding violence is much more complex than previously theorized.
K1 risk as feelings
K1 Concentrated disadvantage
K1 youth violence
K1 Decision Making
K1 Rational Choice
DO 10.1177/00111287241231744