APS
2025 APS Annual Convention · 2025
Deterrence: A Product of Risk and Reward
- Vermeersch Emma
University of California, Irvine - Teresa Verduzco Villa
University of California, Irvine - Alyssa Gonzalez
University of California, Irvine - Leo Tahmasebian
University of California, Irvine - Curtis Smith IV
University of California - Irvine (Department of Psychological Science) - Elizabeth Cauffman
University of California, Irvine
Abstract
This study seeks to examine how adolescents’ arrest experiences influence their perceptions of crime and, ultimately, their future criminal behavior in a sample of justice-involved adolescents. We found that youth who get away with more crimes are more likely to find them thrilling and, subsequently, reoffend.
Criminal Justice
