| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10481394 | Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications | 2012 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
⺠According to Becker: crime is committed if utility is positive. ⺠Different from Becker we consider also an honesty idiosyncratic factor. ⺠Sharp discontinuous decrease in criminality is observed for a critical value of the probability of punishment. ⺠A hysteresis is observed when this probability changes in time. ⺠Hysteresis indicates that is harder to recover from a high criminality situation.
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Authors
J.R. Iglesias, V. Semeshenko, E.M. Schneider, M.B. Gordon,