Analyzing Rational Crime — Models and Methods
Olof Dahlbäck's book breaks new ground for the analysis of crime from a rationality perspective by presenting models and methods that go far beyond those with which researchers have hitherto been equipped. The book examines single crimes, individual criminality, and societal crime, and it discu...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
2003, 2003
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2003 |
| Series: | Theory and Decision Library A:, Rational Choice in Practical Philosophy and Philosophy of Science
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1. The Assumption of Rationality
- 2. Rational Decisions under Conditions of Risk
- 3. Descriptive Validity of the Rationality Theories of Expected Utility Maximization
- 4. Interpersonal Comparison of Utility
- 5. Previous Research
- 6. Research Strategies
- 7. Analyzing the Bivariate Linear Relationships between Choice and Punishment Factors
- 8. Experimental Analysis
- 9. Nonexperimental Analysis
- 10. Applying the Rationality Model to Individual Criminality
- 11. Rationality and Proneness to Taking Risks
- 12. Societal Crime
- 13. Previous Research on Individual Criminality
- 14. Previous Research on Societal Crime
- 15. An Aggregation Model
- 16. Basing the Analysis on Crime Opportunity and Crime Propensity Factors
- Summary and Conclusions
- References
- Appendix 1. A General Method for the Simultaneous Determination of Outcome Utility and Risk-Taking
- • Equivalencies in utility • Problems in determining the functions • The method
- Appendix 2. Derivation of Formulas in Chapter 7
- Appendix 3. Proof of Statement in Chapter 7