Includes bibliographical references and index.

Rational Choice Theory, Heuristics and Biases / Megan E. Collins, Thomas A. Loughran -- Temporal Discounting, Present Orientation, and Criminal Deterrence / Chae Mamayek, Ray Paternoster, Thomas A. Loughran -- The Role of Moral Beliefs, Shame, and Guilt in Criminal Decision-Making: An Overview of Theoretical Trameworks and Empirical Results / Robert Svensson, Lieven J.R. Pauwels, Frank M. Weerman -- Neural Mechanisms of Criminal Decision Making in Adolescence: The Roles of Executive Functioning and Empathy / Eduard T. Klapwijk, Wouter van den Bos, Berna Güroğlu -- Social Learner Decision-Making: Matching Theory as a Unifying Framework for Recasting a General Theory / Carter Rees, L. Thomas Winfree -- Victim Selection / Margit Averdijk -- Police and Offender Choices: A Framework / John Eck, Tamara Madensen -- Informal Guardians and Offender Decision Making / Danielle M. Reynald -- High stakes: The Role of Weapons in Offender Decision-Making / Iain Brennan -- The Effect of Alcohol and Arousal on Criminal Decision Making / M. Lyn Exum, Lauren A. Austin, Justin D. Franklin -- Emotions in Offender Decision Making / Jean-Louis van Gelder -- Evolutionary Approaches to Rational Choice / Paul Ekblom -- Crime Location Choice: State?of?the?Art and Avenues for Future Research?Research / Stijn Ruiter -- Co-offending and Co-offender Selection / Sarah B. van Mastrigt -- Experimental Designs in the Study of Offender Decision-Making / Jeffrey A. Bouffard, Nicole Niebuhr -- Understanding Offender Decision Making Using Surveys, Interviews, and Life Event Calendars / Ronet Bachman, Ray Paternoster -- Simulating Crime Event Decision Making: Agent-based Social Simulations in Criminology / Daniel Birks -- Modeling Offender Decision-Making with Secondary Data / Wim Bernasco -- 'Deciding' to Kill: Understanding Homicide Offenders' Decision-Making / Fiona Brookman, Michelle Wright -- Multiple Interpretations of Rationality in Offender Decision Making / Henk Elffers -- Coldblooded and Badass: A ?Hot/Cool? Approach to Understanding Carjackers' Decisions / Gabriel T. Cesar, Scott H. Decker -- The Reasoning Sex Offender / Eric Beauregard -- Burglary Decisions / Richard Timothy Coupe -- Offender Decision-Making in Corporate and White-Collar Crime / Wim Huisman -- Organized Crime and Protection Rackets / Paolo Campana -- Biosocial Criminology and Models of Criminal Decision Making / Kyle Treiber -- Editors' Introduction / Wim Bernasco, Henk Elffers, Jean-Louis van Gelder -- Situational Crime Prevention and Offender Decision Making / Aiden Sidebottom, Nick Tilley -- Observational Methods of Offender Decision Making / Marie R. Lindegaard, Heith Copes -- Perceptual Deterrence / Robert Apel, Daniel S. Nagin -- Game Theory / Heiko Rauhut -- Dual-Process Models of Criminal Decision Making / Jean-Louis van Gelder -- Personality and Offender Decision-Making: The Theoretical, Empirical, and Practical Implications for Criminology / Shayne Jones.

Preface -- Editor's introduction -- Rational choice theory, heuristics and biases -- Evolutionary approaches to rational choice -- Multiple interpretations of rationality in offender decision making -- Situational crime prevention and offender decision making -- Biosocial criminology and models of criminal decision making -- Perceptual deterrence -- Game theory -- Dual-process models of criminal decision making -- Personality and offender decision-making : the theoretical, empirical, and practical implications for criminology -- Temporal discounting, present orientation, and criminal deterrence -- The role of moral beliefs, shame, and guilt in criminal decision-making : an overview of theoretical trameworks and empirical results -- Neural mechanisms of criminal decision making in adolescence : the roles of executive functioning and empathy -- Social learner decision-making : matching theory as a unifying framework for recasting a general theory -- Victim selection -- Co-offending and co-offender selection -- Informal guardians and offender decision making -- Police and offender choices : a framework -- Crime location choice : state-of-the-art and avenues for future research -- High stakes: the role of weapons in offender decision-making -- The effect of alcohol and arousal on criminal decision making -- Emotions in offender decision making -- Experimental designs in the study of offender decision-making -- Observational methods of offender decision making -- Understanding offender decision making using surveys, interviews, and life event calendars -- Simulating crime event decision making : agent-based social simulations in criminology -- Modeling offender decision-making with secondary data -- "Deciding" to kill : understanding homicide offenders' decision-making -- Coldblooded and badass : a "hot/cool" approach to understanding carjackers' decisions -- The reasoning sex offender -- Burglary decisions -- Offender decision-making in corporate and white-collar crime -- Organized crime and protection rackets -- Index.