Perceptual Deterrence and Desistance from Crime:  A Study of Repetitive Serious Property Offenders in Tennessee, 1987-1988
For this data collection, offenders confined to prison were
 surveyed to examine the utility of deterrence theory variables as
 predictors of differential desistance from serious property crimes. The
 investigators also examined subjects' "criminal calculus," that is,
 their expectations of the likely gains and …