Self-report to self-control? A note

Florian Baumann () and Tim Friehe

Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 2012, vol. 41, issue 5, 727-729

Abstract: This note establishes that escalating penalty regimes with the option to self-report crimes may allow present-biased offenders to obligate themselves to refrain from committing future crimes. Self-reporting of a committed crime increases the expected costs of future criminal opportunities, possibly allowing offenders to deter their future selves from seeking immediate gratification.

Keywords: Crime; Escalating penalties; Self-reporting (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: K (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2012.07.006

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