Chapter 10. Behavioral Issues of Punishment, Retribution, and Deterrence

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. Contributors xi
5. Acknowledgments xvii
6. Introduction 1
7. Part 1. Prejudice and Discrimination
8. Chapter 1. The Nature of Implicit Prejudice 13
9. Chapter 2. Biases in Interracial Interactions 32
10. Chapter 3. Policy Implications of Unexamined Discrimination 52
11. Part 2. Social Interactions
12. Chapter 4. The Psychology of Cooperation 77
13. Chapter 5. Rethinking Why People Vote 91
14. Chapter 6. Perspectives on Disagreement and Dispute Resolution 108
15. Chapter 7. Psychic Numbing and Mass Atrocity 126
16. Part 3. The Justice System
17. Chapter 8. Eyewitness Identification and the Legal System 145
18. Chapter 9. False Convictions 163
19. Chapter 10. Behavioral Issues of Punishment, Retribution, and Deterrence 181
20. Part 4. Bias and Competence
21. Chapter 11. Claims and Denials of Bias and Their Implications for Policy 195
22. Chapter 12. Questions of Competence 217
23. Chapter 13. If Misfearing Is the Problem, Is Cost-Benefit Analysis the Solution? 231
24. Part 5. Behavioral Economics and Finance
25. Chapter 14. Choice Architecture and Retirement Saving Plans 245
26. Chapter 15. Behavioral Economics Analysis of Employment Law 264
27. Chapter 16. Decision Making and Policy in Contexts of Poverty 281
28. Part 6. Behavior Change
29. Chapter 17. Psychological Levers of Behavior Change 301
30. Chapter 18. Turning Mindless Eating into Healthy Eating 310
31. Chapter 19. A Social Psychological Approach to Educational Intervention 329
32. Part 7. Improving Decisions
33. Chapter 20. Beyond Comprehension 351
34. Chapter 21. Using Decision Errors to Help People Help Themselves 361
35. Chapter 22. Doing the Right Thing Willingly 380
36. Chapter 23. Overcoming Decision Biases to Reduce Losses from Natural Catastrophes 398
37. Part 8. Decision Contexts
38. Chapter 24. Decisions by Default 417
39. Chapter 25. Choice Architecture 428
40. Chapter 26 Behaviorally Informed Regulation 440
41. Part 9. Commentaries
42. Chapter 27. Psychology and Economic Policy 465
43. Chapter 28. Behavioral Decision Science Applied to Health-Care Policy 475
44. Chapter 29. Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? 481
45. Chapter 30. Paternalism, Manipulation, Freedom, and the Good 494
46. Index 499