LEARNING-THEORY APPROACH TO THE DETERRENCE OF CRIMINAL RECIDIVISM

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BRENNAN, PA [1 ]
MEDNICK, SA [1 ]
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[1] UNIV SO CALIF,SOCIAL SCI RES INST,LOS ANGELES,CA 90089
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10.1037/0021-843X.103.3.430
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B849 [应用心理学];
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Data on punishment and criminal arrests in a total birth cohort of men in Denmark (N = 28,879) was used to test the following hypotheses derived from learning theory: (a) the imposition of sanctions reduces rates of subsequent criminal arrest; (b) the more severe the sanction received for an arrest, the lower the rate of recidivism; (c) different types of sanctions have similar effects on recidivism; (d) the higher the proportion of sanctions received for past arrests, the lower the rates of future arrest; (e) continuous sanctions reduce arrest rates more than intermittent sanctions; and (f) discontinuation of punishment results in recovery of criminal arrests. Results support the above hypotheses, except Hypothesis b; our results suggest that sanctions have similar effects on recidivism regardless of their severity.
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