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Decision-Making, Quasi-Rational Choice, and Behavioral Economics
Thu, Nov 17, 12:30 to 1:50pm, Hilton, Commerce, 3rd LevelSession Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel
Abstract
This session will present various new perspectives on offender decision making. Attention will be given to Rational Choice Theory, its many limitations, and outside perspectives, such as Behavioral Economics. The aim of this session is to contribute to a more refined and descriptively accurate conception of offender decision making.
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Individual Presentations
Behavioral Economics, Rational Choice, & Sanction Perception Updating - Sean Patrick Roche, University at Albany, SUNY; Greg Pogarsky, University at Albany, SUNY; Justin Tyler Pickett, University at Albany, SUNY
Beyond the Vignette: Mapping Offender Decision-Making - Theodore Wilson, University of Maryland; James Jessup, University of Maryland; Raymond Paternoster, University of Maryland
When Onset Meets Desistance: Cognitive Transformation and Adolescent Marijuana Experimentation - Derek Kreager, Pennsylvania State University; Daniel T. Ragan, University of New Mexico; Holly Nguyen, Pennsylvania State University; Jeremy Staff, Pennsylvania State University
Social Preferences and Offender Decision Making - Mamayek Chae, University of Maryland; Thomas Loughran, University of Maryland; Raymond Paternoster, University of Maryland