The commission of crime from the perspective of decision-making differences
A criminal act can be regarded as an irrational decision-making process. Therefore, understanding differences in the criminal decision-making process would shed light on criminal behavior. We utilized dual processing theory to propose that offenders’ differences in decision-making may cause them to...
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| author | Jiaxi Peng Jiaxi Zhang Weizhuo Yuan Xuan Zhou Jianquan Tian Peng Fang |
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| description | A criminal act can be regarded as an irrational decision-making process. Therefore, understanding differences in the criminal decision-making process would shed light on criminal behavior. We utilized dual processing theory to propose that offenders’ differences in decision-making may cause them to adopt non-adaptive behaviors, such as high reference point setting, abnormal reward–punishment sensitivity, delayed discounting rate, and decision-making style. Our study compares differences in these indicators between offenders (n = 518) and non-offenders (n = 636) in a diverse sample of Chinese adults. The results showed that compared with non-offenders, offenders had higher relative deprivation, reward sensitivity, and delayed discounting rates but lower punishment sensitivity and vigilance in decision-making. A logistic regression analysis also shows that the above factors were significant predictive indicators for the commission of crimes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9fb6eeae965a444fb4444e96af5633be2022-12-22T02:26:37ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782022-10-011310.3389/fpsyg.2022.937876937876The commission of crime from the perspective of decision-making differencesJiaxi Peng0Jiaxi Zhang1Weizhuo Yuan2Xuan Zhou3Jianquan Tian4Peng Fang5Mental Health Education Center, Chengdu University, Chengdu, ChinaXi’an Research Institute of High-Technology, Xi’an, ChinaMental Health Education Center, Chengdu University, Chengdu, ChinaMental Health Education Center, Chengdu University, Chengdu, ChinaNaval Medical Center, Shanghai, ChinaDepartment of Military Medical Psychology, Air Force Medical University, Xi’an, ChinaA criminal act can be regarded as an irrational decision-making process. Therefore, understanding differences in the criminal decision-making process would shed light on criminal behavior. We utilized dual processing theory to propose that offenders’ differences in decision-making may cause them to adopt non-adaptive behaviors, such as high reference point setting, abnormal reward–punishment sensitivity, delayed discounting rate, and decision-making style. Our study compares differences in these indicators between offenders (n = 518) and non-offenders (n = 636) in a diverse sample of Chinese adults. The results showed that compared with non-offenders, offenders had higher relative deprivation, reward sensitivity, and delayed discounting rates but lower punishment sensitivity and vigilance in decision-making. A logistic regression analysis also shows that the above factors were significant predictive indicators for the commission of crimes.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.937876/fullcriminal decision-makingcrimedecision-making differencesrelative deprivationdecision-making styles |
| spellingShingle | Jiaxi Peng Jiaxi Zhang Weizhuo Yuan Xuan Zhou Jianquan Tian Peng Fang The commission of crime from the perspective of decision-making differences Frontiers in Psychology criminal decision-making crime decision-making differences relative deprivation decision-making styles |
| title | The commission of crime from the perspective of decision-making differences |
| title_full | The commission of crime from the perspective of decision-making differences |
| title_fullStr | The commission of crime from the perspective of decision-making differences |
| title_full_unstemmed | The commission of crime from the perspective of decision-making differences |
| title_short | The commission of crime from the perspective of decision-making differences |
| title_sort | commission of crime from the perspective of decision making differences |
| topic | criminal decision-making crime decision-making differences relative deprivation decision-making styles |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.937876/full |
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