The Handbook of Crime Correlates, Second Edition summarizes more than a century of
worldwide research on traits and social conditions associated with criminality and antisocial …

Punishment is a topic of increasing importance for citizens and policymakers. Why should
we punish criminals? Which theory of punishment is most compelling? Is the death penalty …

Does emergency financial assistance reduce criminal behavior among those experiencing
negative shocks? To address this question, we exploit quasi-random variation in the …

Compared to macroeconomic factors, the financial situation of the individual may provide
better insight into the relationship between debt and crime. However, the relationship …

Background Severe economic difficulties are common among younger generations who
currently have an easy access to consumer credit and payday loans in many Western …

Legal financial obligations (LFOs) associated with justice system involvement are
increasingly a focus for policymakers and researchers seeking to understand sources of …

Purpose Imprisonment is associated with far-reaching restrictions of personal autonomy,
which critically depends on the sense of agency (SoA), ie the experience of control over …

Social exclusion of those with criminal justice experience increasingly includes a financial
component, but the structure of disadvantage in credit and debt remains unclear. We …

This study aimed to examine the unique predictive validity of debt regarding recidivism and
what elements are specifically predictive. This was done based on a Dutch sample of 250 …

The Scandinavian exceptionalism literature has highlighted the relatively progressive and
rehabilitative nature of imprisonment in Norway, with the Norwegian Correctional Services …