Abstract:There is now a considerable body of theoretical and empirical research concerned with offender decision-making (see Bernasco, Van Geder and Elffers, 2017). Research has focused on a variety of offender decisionswhether to commit crime or not, where, when, howas well as documenting those factors reliably found to affect criminal choices. The rational choice perspective has emerged as the dominant model of offender decision-making (Cornish and Clarke, 2008). It holds that crime is a choice, and that individuals … Show more
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