Studying deterrence with active residential burglars

Studying the reach of deterrence: Can deterrence theory help explain police misconduct?

“…In response, perceptual work began to study non-college student populations, such as ''high-risk'' youths (cf. Foglia, 1997), experienced offenders (Block & Gerety, 1995;Decker et al, 1993;Piquero & Rengert, 1999), and corporate executives (Hagan, Nagel, & Albonetti, 1980;Makkai & Braithwaite, 1994;Paternoster & Simpson, 1996;Simpson & Koper, 1992). The present study expanded the types of populations subject to perceptual deterrence work by adding a sample of police officers to the samples catalogued above.…”

Assessing the Celerity of Arrest on 3-Year Recidivism Patterns in a Sample of Criminal Defendants

“…However, the majority of deterrence research has focused on policies and perceptions surrounding the severity and certainty of punishment (Decker, Wright, & Logie, 1993;Paternoster, Saltzman, Chiricos, & Waldo, 1982;Piquero & Rengert, 1999;Piquero et al, 2011;Pogarsky & Piquero, 2003). One reason many empirical studies have limited their focus to severity and certainty is that measuring celerity, or the swiftness of punishment, is challenging and data containing measures of celerity are rare.…”

Assessing the perceived benefits—criminal offending relationship

“…On this score, several studies have shown that high-risk individuals are not (easily) deterred by the costs of crime (Foglia, 1997;Piliavin et al, 1986;McCarthy & Hagan, 2005). Thus, if offenders do perform some sort of risk/reward calculation, and if they opt for rewards and minimize or neutralize costs (Decker et al, 1993;Piquero and Rengert, 1999), then making crime less beneficially attractive could decrease offending. 1…”