Title
Risk/benefit calculations, moral evaluations, and alcohol use: Exploring the alcohol-crime connection
Abbreviated Journal Title
Crime Delinq.
Keywords
ADOLESCENCE; DETERRENCE; ADULTHOOD; BEHAVIOR; DRINKING; Criminology & Penology
Abstract
This research explored whether alcohol consumption is related to social-psychological processes that occupy a central place in criminological theories. A quasi-experiment was conducted at college parties to examine the connections between alcohol consumption and moral definitions, risk calculations, and the perceived desirability of crime. Those who did not drink at the parties arrived with the highest perceptions of sanction risk Preparty levels of moral definitions or perceived desirability of crime did not predict the amount of alcohol consumed. However; heavier drinking during the parties tempered moral condemnation of criminal acts, enhanced the desirability of criminal behavior and relaxed perceptions of risk regarding crime.
Journal Title
Crime & Delinquency
Volume
43
Issue/Number
2
Publication Date
1-1-1997
Document Type
Article
Language
English
First Page
222
Last Page
239
WOS Identifier
ISSN
0011-1287
Recommended Citation
"Risk/benefit calculations, moral evaluations, and alcohol use: Exploring the alcohol-crime connection" (1997). Faculty Bibliography 1990s. 1973.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib1990/1973
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