Ulterior Motives

How goals, both seen and unseen, drive behavior

Art Markman is a cognitive scientist at the University of Texas whose research spans a range of topics in the way people think. See full bio

June 27, 2009, Behavioral Economics

Comments on "Crime and punishment? Moral deterrents for crime."

Crime and punishment? Moral deterrents for crime.

By Art Markman, Ph.D. on June 27, 2009 in Ulterior Motives

I was reading an article in the June 22 issue of The New Yorker by John Seabrook that described the Ceasefire program that aims to curb gang violence. The article described a collaboration between the Cincinnati police department and an anthropologist named David Kennedy. Among the interesting elements of the program was that gangs were brought into meetings with police, former gang members, clergy, and social workers, and were told to stop the violence. Read More

Hum...

Submitted by Andre L Souza on June 27, 2009 - 12:05pm.

I see the analogy between the business and gang realms. It might be the case.
Would, however, a gang member see "jail time" as a "small punishment"?

Anyhow, I do like the idea of morality playing a role in the Ceasefire program!!! :-)

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