Introduction to Criminology; Chapter 4 Vocabulary
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Rational choice | the view that crime is a function of a decision-making process in which the potential offender weighs that potential costs and benefits on an illegal act. |
| Marginal deterrence | the concept that a penalty for a crime may prompt commission of a marginally more severe crime because that crime receives the same magnitude of punishment as the original one. |
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