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020 _a9781316136072 (ebook)
020 _z9781107092464 (hardback)
020 _z9781107465756 (paperback)
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050 4 _aHV6080
_b.S45 2020
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100 1 _aShiffman, Gary M.,
_eauthor.
245 1 4 _aThe economics of violence :
_bhow behavioral science can transform our view of crime, insurgency, and terrorism /
_cGary M. Shiffman.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2020.
300 _a1 online resource (xii, 230 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Jan 2020).
520 _aHow do we understand illicit violence? Can we prevent it? Building on behavioral science and economics, this book begins with the idea that humans are more predictable than we like to believe, and this ability to model human behavior applies equally well to leaders of violent and coercive organizations as it does to everyday people. Humans ultimately seek survival for themselves and their communities in a world of competition. While the dynamics of 'us vs. them' are divisive, they also help us to survive. Access to increasingly larger markets, facilitated through digital communications and social media, creates more transnational opportunities for deception, coercion, and violence. If the economist's perspective helps to explain violence, then it must also facilitate insights into promoting peace and security. If we can approach violence as behavioral scientists, then we can also better structure our institutions to create policies that make the world a more secure place, for us and for future generations.
650 0 _aCriminal psychology.
650 0 _aForensic psychology.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9781107092464
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/9781316136072
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