‘Cool' or ‘hot' rational choices: an examination of traits and states in sexual crimes

We test Van Gelder and colleagues’ revision to rational choice theory by incorporating traits and states in sexual crime decision models. We studied the index sexual offenses of a sample of 871 male individuals and account for the influence of traits (impulsivity and aggression) and states (age, str...

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Authors: Pedneault, Amelie (Author) ; Beauregard, Eric (Author) ; Harris, Danielle A. (Author) ; Knight, Raymond A. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2025
In: Psychology, crime & law
Year: 2025, Volume: 31, Issue: 6, Pages: 643-665
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
sexual crimes
Decision Making
States
Traits
Rational Choice