Crime and violence: Desensitization in victims to watching criminal events

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...

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Main Authors: Di Tella, R. (Author), Freira, L. (Author), Gálvez, R.H (Author), Schargrodsky, E. (Author), Shalom, D. (Author), Sigman, M. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier B.V. 2019
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