RT Article
T1 Effect of Early Interactions With the Police on Intertemporal Choice: A Longitudinal Study of Zurich Public School Students
JF Crime & delinquency
VO 71
IS 9
SP 3094
OP 3127
A1 Deitzer, Jessica R.
A2 Frankenhuis, Willem E. 1981-
A2 Ribeaud, Denis
A2 Eisner, Manuel 1959-
A2 Gelder, Jean-Louis van
LA English
YR 2025
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1932043020
AB Adolescents tend to increase their offending after police contact, contrary to predictions of choice-based theories. This may be due to police contact altering their view of their future prospects, leading them to prioritize the present. Preregistered fixed effects analyses of longitudinal data collected from Zurich public school students provide no support for an association between police contact and a change in impulsivity, sensation-seeking, or future orientation. Exploratory analyses find evidence that first-time and especially early contact with the police is associated with an increase in sensation-seeking and a reduction in future orientation. We conclude that certain types of police contact may increase young adolescents’ preference for the present. Future research should test whether this relationship is causal and generalizable.
K1 Longitudinal
K1 fixed effects
K1 adolescent delinquency
K1 Police Contact
K1 present orientation
DO 10.1177/00111287241264224