Integrating theories of law obedience: How utility-theoretic factors, legitimacy, and lack of self-control influence decisions to commit low-level crimes

We conducted two studies using a sample of students (Experiment 1, N=84) and the general public (Experiment 2, N=412) to assess the relative and unique effects of factors suggested by three major theories of law obedience: a utility-theoretic deterrence theory (Becker, 1968), the general theory of c...

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Published in:	Judgment and decision making Vol. 14; pp. 318 - 334
Main Authors:	Berenike Waubert de Puiseau, Andreas Glöckner, Emanuel V. Towfigh
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge University Press 01.05.2019
Subjects:	decision-making deterrence law obedience legitimacy self-control
ISSN:	1930-2975
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