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Danger and the Decision to Offend

McCarthy, Bill ; Hagan, John

Social forces, 2005-03, Vol.83 (3), p.1065-1096 [Periódico revisado por pares]

Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press

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Danger and the Decision to Offend
Autor: McCarthy, Bill ; Hagan, John
Assuntos: Calculus ; Correlation ; Crime ; Criminal arrests ; Criminal offenses ; Criminal sociology. Police. Delinquency. Deviance. Suicide ; Criminals ; Criminology ; Danger perception ; Dangerousness ; Decision Making ; Deterrence ; Drug related crimes ; Drug Trafficking ; Drug Use ; Fear ; Fear of crime ; Hazards ; Homeless People ; Homelessness ; Imprisonment ; Injuries ; Larceny ; Motivation ; Offenders ; Pain ; Participation ; Perceptions ; Prisons ; Property crimes ; Prostitution ; Punishment ; Regression analysis ; Risk-taking (Psychology) ; Risks ; Robbery ; Role ; Sampson, Robert J ; Sanctions ; Sexuality ; Social aspects ; Social Control ; Social sciences ; Sociological aspects ; Sociology ; Sociology of law and criminology ; Statistical methods ; Stigma ; Theft ; Threat ; Threats ; United States ; Victims ; Victims of Crime ; Violence ; Violent crimes ; Youth
É parte de: Social forces, 2005-03, Vol.83 (3), p.1065-1096
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SSHRC Canada provided funds for this project. We thank Ana Bettencourt, Jorge Fontdevila, Rosemary Gartner, Eric Grodsky, Bob Hagedorn, Mary Jackman, Robert Jackman, and Daniel Nagin for their invaluable comments on earlier drafts of this article.
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Descrição: Humiliation; incarceration; stigma; loss of income, freedom, and respect: most research on offending emphasizes these sanctions. Yet classical theorists recognized other costs including physical harm. We revive this abandoned insight, arguing that danger-the possibility of pain-figures largely in people's decisions to offend. Although modern states typically eschew violence, many victims, vigilantes, and others assault offenders. This violence is typically more certain, swift, and severe than other sanctions, and fear of injury likely deters many potential offenders. Yet the possibility of pain may be irrelevant to individuals who boldly believe in their unassailability. Consistent with our hypotheses, we find that perceptions about danger are significantly associated with involvement in theft, drug selling, and prostitution among homeless youth, and that these effects are independent of perceptions about a crime's excitement, profit, or other returns. Our results suggest that dangers play a key but typically neglected role in the genesis of these crimes.
Editor: Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press
Idioma: Inglês

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Danger and the Decision to Offend

McCarthy, Bill ; Hagan, John

Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press

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