Learning on the job : Studying expertise in residential burglars using virtual environments
| Autor: | Zarah Vernham, Jean-Louis van Gelder, Claire Nee, Amy Meenaghan, Marco Otte |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Artificial intelligence, Network Institute, Psychology of Conflict, Risk and Safety |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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SDG 16 - Peace
Applied psychology UT-Hybrid-D Context (language use) APC-PAID Criminology computer.software_genre Pathology and Forensic Medicine Crime prevention Crime scene 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences rational choice burglar decision making 050901 criminology 05 social sciences Principal (computer security) SDG 16 - Peace Justice and Strong Institutions Level of detail (writing) Cognition Justice and Strong Institutions Test (assessment) Virtual machine crime prevention expertise virtual reality 0509 other social sciences Psychology Law computer 050104 developmental & child psychology |
| Zdroj: | Criminology Nee, C, van Gelder, J L, Otte, M, Vernham, Z & Meenaghan, A 2019, ' Learning on the job : Studying expertise in residential burglars using virtual environments* ', Criminology, vol. 57, no. 3, pp. 481-511 . https://doi.org/10.1111/1745-9125.12210 Criminology, 57(3), 481-511. Wiley Nee, C, Gelder, J-L V, Otte, M, Vernham, Z & Meenaghan, A 2019, ' Learning on the job: studying expertise in residential burglars using virtual environments ', Criminology, vol. 57, no. 3, 0, pp. 481-511 . https://doi.org/10.1111/1745-9125.12210 Criminology, 57(3), 481-511. Wiley-Blackwell |
| ISSN: | 0011-1384 |
| Popis: | In this article, we describe a quasi-experiment in which experienced incarcerated burglars (n = 56), other offenders (n = 50), and nonoffenders (n = 55) undertook a mock burglary within a virtual neighborhood. We draw from the cognitive psychology literature on expertise and apply it to offending behavior, demonstrating synergy with rational choice perspectives, yet extending them in several respects. Our principal goal was to carry out the first robust test of expertise in offenders by having these groups undertake a burglary in a fully fledged reenactment of a crime in a virtual environment. Our findings indicate that the virtual environment successfully reinstated the context of the crime showing clear differences in the decision making of burglars compared with other groups in ways commensurate with expertise in other behavioral domains. Specifically, burglars scoped the neighborhood more thoroughly, spent more time in the high-value areas of the crime scene while traveling less distance there, and targeted different goods from the comparison groups. The level of detail in the data generated sheds new light on the cognitive processes and actions of burglars and how they “learn on the job.” Implications for criminal decision-making perspectives and psychological theories of expertise are discussed. |
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