Low self-control is considered a fundamental cause of crime. The aim of our study is to provide causal evidence on the … antisocial manner and are less risk-averse and thus are, according to both the General Theory of Crime and the economic …-control in a laboratory experiment, we use a wellestablished experimental manipulation, a so-called depletion task. We find that …

This Article provides an introduction to some of the key issues at the intersection of behavioral genetics and crime …

preventing crime. Under a law adopted in the Netherlands in 2001, prolific offenders could be sentenced to a prison term that was … reduced theft rates. The size of the crime-reducing effect is found to be subject to sharply diminishing returns …

preventing crime. Under a law adopted in the Netherlands in 2001, prolific offenders could be sentenced to a prison term that was … reduced theft rates. The size of the crime-reducing effect is found to be subject to sharply diminishing returns …

commit crime without first comparing expected costs and benefits. Where escalating punishment schemes are present, there is … high, one may rationally forgo the opportunity of committing a profitable crime today to avoid being sanctioned as a repeat …