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Offending Decisions in Social and Legal Context:
Fri, Nov 16, 9:30 to 10:50am, Marriott, L402, Lobby LevelSession Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel
Abstract
This panel includes papers on offender decision making in social context, as it relates to peers and situations; legal context, as it relates to plea bargaining; and also regarding legal versus illegal earnings. Insights are marshaled from recent behavioral economic and psychological research.
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Individual Presentations
Are Criminals Loss Averse? Illegal Earnings and the Equity Premium - Holly Nguyen, Pennsylvania State University; Thomas A. Loughran, Pennsylvania State University; Carlo Morselli, International Centre for Comparative Criminology
Public Defender Plea Decision Making - Theodore Wilson, University at Albany, SUNY
Offender decision-making in the physical presence of peers: Applying Rational Choice Theory and Prospect Theory - Evelien Hoeben, SUNY University at Albany
Testing a Rational Choice Model of "Desistance:" Decomposing Changing Expectations and Changing Utilities - Kyle Thomas, University of Missouri - St. Louis; Matt Vogel, University of Missouri - St. Louis