Reassessing the missing link in general deterrence research: A behavioral economic approach

Jessie Slepicka

Journal of Criminal Justice, 2022, vol. 82, issue C

Abstract: Given the increasing application of behavioral economics within criminology, the present investigation seeks to reassess the ‘missing link’ in general deterrence research from the angle of coherent arbitrariness. Such an effort seeks to bridge the divide between two competing positions within the literature: one that views the lack of correspondence between actual and perceived indicators of punishment as a challenge to the theoretical construct, while the other views this lack of correspondence as both misleading and uninformative for deterrence research.

Keywords: General deterrence; Risk perception transitivity; Coherent arbitrariness; Behavioral economics; Clearance rates (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2022.102007

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