Crime and violence: Desensitization in victims to watching criminal events

被引：8
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作者：
Di Tella, Rafael [1 ,2 ]
Freira, Lucia [3 ]
Galvez, Ramiro H. [3 ,4 ]
Schargrodsky, Ernesto [3 ,5 ]
Shalom, Diego [3 ,5 ]
Sigman, Mariano [3 ,5 ]
机构：
[1] Harvard Sch Business, CIfAR, Boston, MA USA
[2] NBER, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
[3] Univ Torcuato Di Tella, Ave Figueroa Alcorta 7350,C1428BIJ, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina
[4] Consejo Nacl Invest Cient & Tecn, ICC, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina
[5] Consejo Nacl Invest Cient & Tecn, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina
来源：
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR & ORGANIZATION | 2019年 / 159卷
关键词：
Crime; Biological markers; Experiment; Victimization; Desensitization; SUBJECTIVE RESPONSES; PROGRESSIVE MATRICES; EVOKED POTENTIALS; ALTRUISTIC FEAR; CORTISOL; HABITUATION; MEMORY; BLOOD; NEUROENDOCRINE; INTELLIGENCE;
D O I：
10.1016/j.jebo.2017.10.005
中图分类号：
F [经济];
学科分类号：
02 ;
摘要：
We study desensitization to crime in a lab experiment by showing footage of criminal acts to a group of subjects, some of whom have been previously victimized. We measure biological markers of stress and behavioral indices of cognitive control before and after treated participants watch a series of real, crime-related videos (while the control group watches non-crime-related videos). Not previously victimized participants exposed to the treatment video show significant changes in cortisol level, heart rate, and measures of cognitive control. Instead, previously victimized individuals who are exposed to the treatment video show biological markers and cognitive performance comparable to those measured in individuals exposed to the control video. These results suggest a phenomenon of desensitization or habituation of victims to crime exposure. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码：613 / 625
页数：13
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