Affect and cognition in criminal decision making : between rational choices and lapses of self-control

Research and theorizing on criminal decision making has not kept pace with recent developments in other fields of human decision making. Whereas criminal decision making theory is still largely dominated by cognitive approaches such as rational choice-based models, psychologists, behavioral economists and neuroscientists have found affect (i.e., emotions, moods) and visceral factors such as sexual arousal and drug craving, to play a fundamental role in human decision processes. This book examines alternative approaches to incorporating affect into criminal decision making and testing its influence on such decisions. In so doing it generalizes extant cognitive theories of criminal decision making by incorporating affect into the decision process. In two conceptual and ten empirical chapters it is carefully argued how affect influences criminal decisions alongside rational and cognitive considerations. The empirical studies use a wide variety of methods ranging from interviews and observations to experimental approaches and questionnaires, and treat crimes as diverse as street robbery, pilfering, and sex offences. It will be of interest to criminologists, social psychologists, judgment and decision making researchers, behavioral economists and sociologists alike. Since Its Publication In 1986, Cornish & Clarke's Seminal Work The Reasoning Criminal: Rational Choice Perspectives On Offending Has Become A Very Influential Text In Criminal Decision Making Theory. However, Criminology Seems To Have Lost Contact With Developments In Other Disciplines In Decision Making, Especially With Modern Socio-psychological Theory Such As The 'dual Process Model Of Decision Making'.this Book Questions The Extent To Which Criminal Decision Making Theory Should Take On Board Recent Socio-psychological Results. It Provides A Conceptual Analysis Of The Role Of Affect And Cognition In Criminal Decision Making And Considers The Possibility Of Incorporating Effect Within The Rational Choice Model, As Opposed To Using The Dual Process Model. In Two Conceptual And Ten Empirical Chapters It Is Carefully Argued Which Role Emotions Can And Should Play In Decision Making. Affects Such As Anger, Shame, And Sexual Arousal Are Discussed. The Empirical Studies Use A Wide Variety Of Methods From Interviews And Observations To Experiments And Questionnaires, And Treat Crimes So Diverse As Street Robbery, Pilfering, And Sex Offences. It Will Be Of Interest To Criminologists, Social Psychologists, Judgment And Decision Making (jdm) Researchers, Behavioral Economists And Sociologists Alike--,since Its Publication In 1986, Cornish & Clarke's Seminal Work The Reasoning Criminal: Rational Choice Perspectives On Offending Has Become A Very Influential Text In Criminal Decision Making Theory. However, Criminology Seems To Have Lost Contact With Developments In Other Disciplines In Decision Making, Especially With Modern Socio-psychological Theory Such As The 'dual Process Model Of Decision Making'. This Book Questions The Extent To Which Criminal Decision Making Theory Should Take On Board Recent Socio-psychological Results. It Provides A Conceptual Analysis Of The Role Of Affect And Cognition In Criminal Decision Making And Considers The Possibility Of Incorporating Effect Within The Rational Choice Model, As Opposed To Using The Dual Process Model. In Two Conceptual And Ten Empirical Chapters It Is Carefully Argued Which Role Emotions Can And Should Play In Decision Making. Affects Such As Anger, Shame, And Sexual Arousal Are Discussed. The Empirical Studies Use A Wide Variety Of Methods From Interviews And Observations To Experiments And Questionnaires, And Treat Crimes So Diverse As Street Robbery, Pilfering, And Sex Offences. It Will Be Of Interest To Criminologists, Social Psychologists, Judgment And Decision Making (jdm) Researchers, Behavioral Economists And Sociologists Alike-- "Since its publication in 1986, Cornish & Clarke's seminal work The Reasoning Criminal: Rational Choice Perspectives on Offending has become a very influential text in criminal decision making theory. However, Criminology seems to have lost contact with developments in other disciplines in decision making, especially with modern socio-psychological theory such as the 'Dual Process Model of Decision Making'. This book questions the extent to which criminal decision making theory should take on board recent socio-psychological results. It provides a conceptual analysis of the role of affect and cognition in criminal decision making and considers the possibility of incorporating effect within the rational choice model, as opposed to using the dual process model. In two conceptual and ten empirical chapters it is carefully argued which role emotions can and should play in decision making. Affects such as anger, shame, and sexual arousal are discussed. The empirical studies use a wide variety of methods from interviews and observations to experiments and questionnaires, and treat crimes so diverse as street robbery, pilfering, and sex offences. It will be of interest to criminologists, social psychologists, judgment and decision making (JDM) researchers, behavioral economists and sociologists alike"--Suministrado por el Editor "Since its publication in 1986, Cornish & Clarke's seminal work The Reasoning Criminal: Rational Choice Perspectives on Offending has become a very influential text in criminal decision making theory. However, Criminology seems to have lost contact with developments in other disciplines in decision making, especially with modern socio-psychological theory such as the 'Dual Process Model of Decision Making'. This book questions the extent to which criminal decision making theory should take on board recent socio-psychological results. It provides a conceptual analysis of the role of affect and cognition in criminal decision making and considers the possibility of incorporating effect within the rational choice model, as opposed to using the dual process model. In two conceptual and ten empirical chapters it is carefully argued which role emotions can and should play in decision making. Affects such as anger, shame, and sexual arousal are discussed. The empirical studies use a wide variety of methods from interviews and observations to experiments and questionnaires, and treat crimes so diverse as street robbery, pilfering, and sex offences. It will be of interest to criminologists, social psychologists, judgment and decision making (JDM) researchers, behavioral economists and sociologists alike"-- Provided by publisher