Cheating amongst youth offenders: How peers and their social status influence cheating.

We conducted an experiment with 204 youth inmates to study how the intrinsic psychological cost of cheating that was shaped by peers changed inmates' cheating behavior. We find that innately dishonest inmates who naively revealed their higher willingness to cheat indeed cheated more in the actual ga...

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Published in:	Economic Inquiry Vol. 62; no. 1; pp. 242 - 267
Main Authors:	Leong, Kaiwen, Li, Huailu, Zuo, Sharon Xuejing
Format:	Article
Published:	Wiley-Blackwell Jan2024
Subjects:	Student cheating Social status Social influence Criminals Peers Juvenile offenders Treatment effectiveness
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost