Who Would ‘Purge’? Low Self-Control, Psychopathy, and Offending in the Absence of Legal Controls

Autor:	Jamie L. Flexon, Peter S. Lehmann, Ryan C. Meldrum
Rok vydání:	2020
Předmět:	050901 criminology 05 social sciences Psychopathy Criminology medicine.disease Purge Pathology and Forensic Medicine medicine Deterrence (legal) 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences 0509 other social sciences Psychology Law Social control 050104 developmental & child psychology Low self-control
Zdroj:	Crime & Delinquency. 67:1582-1613
ISSN:	1552-387X 0011-1287
Popis:	The assumption that people are inherently self-interested and that legal controls are needed to prevent crime underlies several criminological perspectives. In the current study, this assumption is tested by having a sample of 500 U.S. adults report on the likelihood they would engage in criminal behavior if all crime were legal on one day each year—a scenario depicted in the 2013 film The Purge. Based on the presumption that at least some individuals would “purge,” the extent to which low self-control and psychopathy are associated with the likelihood of purging is also considered. Results indicate that 18% of participants would be likely to purge. In addition, both low self-control and psychopathy are positively associated with the likelihood of purging.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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