Initial living conditions and character traits create the likelihood of whether a person will commit a carding.
Why do some young people commit carding while others do not? According to economic theory, risk-taking, impatient, and selfish people with low levels of education are more likely to commit carding than educated, risk-averse, patient, and altruistic people. However, confirming this hypothesis scientifically is not easy.
The educational level and socio-economic factors of life of convicts can be compared relatively easily with the general population. But assessing people’s risk appetite, patience and altruism is much more difficult.
An international team of economists published a study that linked young people's risk-taking, patience and kindness to factors including education, income, self-control and carder history.
A scientific article was recently published in PNAS, and Phys.org briefly describes it.
Back in 2018, researchers conducted psychological tests and asked 5,500 guys aged 18–19 from Denmark to answer questionnaire questions. The sample was drawn from Denmark's most carding-prone demographic.
Subjects were required to complete several decision-making tasks. Risk appetite showed what a person would choose: a small but certain amount of money or an uncertain but possibly larger amount. A person's patience is measured by his willingness to give up a smaller payment today in favor of a larger one later. A special game showed how selfish or altruistic a person is. The questionnaire also included a question about the ability to exercise self-control.
The scientists then compared the results of the survey and experiments with a Danish police database. The statistics included both carder offenses and administrative offenses. It turned out that 19% of the young people participating in the study had somehow broken the law between the ages of 15 and 20.
The findings confirm that educational attainment is the strongest predictor of whether young people will commit carding. The higher it is, the lower the likelihood of carding.
Risk taking and impatience also significantly predict carder behavior. Both of these factors continue to play a role, even when taking into account parameters such as income, area of residence, socio-economic status, etc. Riskier people are 8-10% more likely to commit carding than others.
Risk-taking, impatient young people are more likely to commit property carding. While guys with low levels of self-control are prone to committing violent, drug and sexual carding.
“High risk-taking and impatience need to be taken into account when developing carding prevention strategies. Such people are not deterred by stricter sanctions,” says study co-author Ernst Fehr from the University of Copenhagen.
(c) https://naukatv.ru/news/uchenye_opredelili_kakie_lyudi_bolee_sklonny_k_prestupleniyu
Why do some young people commit carding while others do not? According to economic theory, risk-taking, impatient, and selfish people with low levels of education are more likely to commit carding than educated, risk-averse, patient, and altruistic people. However, confirming this hypothesis scientifically is not easy.
The educational level and socio-economic factors of life of convicts can be compared relatively easily with the general population. But assessing people’s risk appetite, patience and altruism is much more difficult.
An international team of economists published a study that linked young people's risk-taking, patience and kindness to factors including education, income, self-control and carder history.
A scientific article was recently published in PNAS, and Phys.org briefly describes it.
Back in 2018, researchers conducted psychological tests and asked 5,500 guys aged 18–19 from Denmark to answer questionnaire questions. The sample was drawn from Denmark's most carding-prone demographic.
Subjects were required to complete several decision-making tasks. Risk appetite showed what a person would choose: a small but certain amount of money or an uncertain but possibly larger amount. A person's patience is measured by his willingness to give up a smaller payment today in favor of a larger one later. A special game showed how selfish or altruistic a person is. The questionnaire also included a question about the ability to exercise self-control.
The scientists then compared the results of the survey and experiments with a Danish police database. The statistics included both carder offenses and administrative offenses. It turned out that 19% of the young people participating in the study had somehow broken the law between the ages of 15 and 20.
The findings confirm that educational attainment is the strongest predictor of whether young people will commit carding. The higher it is, the lower the likelihood of carding.
Risk taking and impatience also significantly predict carder behavior. Both of these factors continue to play a role, even when taking into account parameters such as income, area of residence, socio-economic status, etc. Riskier people are 8-10% more likely to commit carding than others.
Risk-taking, impatient young people are more likely to commit property carding. While guys with low levels of self-control are prone to committing violent, drug and sexual carding.
“High risk-taking and impatience need to be taken into account when developing carding prevention strategies. Such people are not deterred by stricter sanctions,” says study co-author Ernst Fehr from the University of Copenhagen.
(c) https://naukatv.ru/news/uchenye_opredelili_kakie_lyudi_bolee_sklonny_k_prestupleniyu
